impetu

impetu is a Latin form of impetus, meaning “attack, charge; impulse”. It is the ablative singular masculine noun.

Found 506 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 2.6.1: Ab his castris oppidum Remorum nomine Bibrax aberat milia passuum VIII. Id ex itinere magno impetu Belgae oppugnare coeperunt. Aegre eo die sustentatum est.

Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes 2.20: … pse ínligatus péste interimor téxtili. Hos nón hostilis déxtra, non Terra édita Molés Gigantum, nón biformato ímpetu Centaúrus ictus córpori inflixít meo, Non Gráia vis, non bárbara ulla inmánitas, Non saéva terris géns relega …

All forms of impetus (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.