Incapable of sexual intercourse, often because of an inability to achieve or sustain an erection, having impotentia coeundi.
A person smeared with the excrement of a mouse was rendered impotent, according to Pliny the Elder.
A man who has erectile dysfunction
From Old French impotent, from Latin impotēns, from in- (expresses negation) + potēns (“powerful”).
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An impotent or powerless person