impulsus

1.

impulsus ( inp- ), a, um, Part., from impello.

2.

impulsus ( inp- ), ūs, m. [impello], a pushing or striking against.

I.

Lit., an outward pressure or shock, an impulse (class.; most freq. in abl. sing. ):

impulsu scutorum,

Cic. Caecin. 15, 43:

orbium,

id. Rep. 6, 18:

quae (natura) a primo impulsu moveatur,

id. ib. 6, 25 fin.:

is ardor non alieno impulsu, sed sua sponte movetur,

id. N. D. 2, 12, 32: ventus, qui inferiora repentinis impulsibus quatit, App. de Mundo, p. 62.—

II.

Trop., incitement, instigation, influence (class.):

ubi duxere impulsu vostro, vostro impulsu easdem exigunt,

Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 45; cf. ib. 4, 4, 65:

ipsos non negare, ad haec bona Chrysogonum accessisse impulsu suo,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 37, 107; id. Verr. 2, 2, 66, § 161:

impulsu patrum,

id. Rep. 2, 10:

ne civitas eorum impulsu deficeret,

Caes. B. G. 5, 25, 4:

impulsu patrum,

Cic. Rep. 6, 26:

qui simili impulsu aliquid commiserint,

id. Inv. 2, 5, 19:

oratio pondere modo et impulsu proeliatur,

Quint. 9, 1, 20:

temeritatis subiti et vehementes impulsus,

Val. Max. 9, 8.