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)

  1. past participle of impingere

Adjective

impinto (feminine impinta, masculine plural impinti, feminine plural impinte)

  1. pushed
  2. (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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