impinto
Italian
Etymology
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *impinctus, an alternative past participle of Latin impingō (instead of the Classical participle impāctus). Compare Catalan empenta, Old French empeinte.
Participle
impinto (feminine impinta, masculine plural impinti, feminine plural impinte)
- past participle of impingere
Adjective
impinto (feminine impinta, masculine plural impinti, feminine plural impinte)
- pushed
- (figurative) led, driven, impelled
- c. 1307, Dante Alighieri, “Trattato primo, Capitolo I [First Treatise, Chapter 1]”, in Convivio [The Banquet], Florence: Le Monnier, published 1964, section 1:
- tutti li uomini naturalmente desiderano di sapere. La ragione di che puote essere ed è che ciascuna cosa, da providenza di propria natura impinta è inclinabile a la sua propria perfezione
- All men by nature desire to know. The reason for this can be and is that each thing, impelled by a force provided by its own nature, inclines towards its own perfection.
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