потиор
Latin
уредиpotior
- I obtain or acquire
- 100 BCE – 44 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 6.6:
- Caesar partitis copiis cum Gaio Fabio legato et Marco Crasso quaestore celeriterque effectis pontibus adit tripertito, aedificia vicosque incendit, magno pecoris atque hominum numero potitur.
- Caesar, having divided his forces with C. Fabius, his lieutenant, and M. Crassus his questor, and having hastily constructed some bridges, enters their country in three divisions, burns their houses and villages, and gets possession of a large number of cattle and men.
- Caesar partitis copiis cum Gaio Fabio legato et Marco Crasso quaestore celeriterque effectis pontibus adit tripertito, aedificia vicosque incendit, magno pecoris atque hominum numero potitur.
- I grasp
- I attain
- I seize or capture
- I control
Used with the ablative or genitive.
Conjugation of potior (fourth conjugation, deponent) | |||||||
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indicative | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
active | present | potior | potīris, potīre |
potītur | potīmur | potīminī | potiuntur |
imperfect | potiēbar | potiēbāris, potiēbāre |
potiēbātur | potiēbāmur | potiēbāminī | potiēbantur | |
future | potiar | potiēris, potiēre |
potiētur | potiēmur | potiēminī | potientur | |
perfect | potītus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||
pluperfect | potītus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||
future perfect | potītus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||
subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
active | present | potiar | potiāris, potiāre |
potiātur | potiāmur | potiāminī | potiantur |
imperfect | potīrer | potīrēris, potīrēre |
potīrētur | potīrēmur | potīrēminī | potīrentur | |
perfect | potītus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
pluperfect | potītus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
imperative | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
active | present | — | potīre | — | — | potīminī | — |
future | — | potītor | potītor | — | — | potiuntor | |
non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
infinitives | potīrī, potīrier1 |
potītum esse | potītūrum esse | — | — | — | |
participles | potiēns | potītus | potītūrus | — | — | potiendus, potiundus | |
verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
potiendī | potiendō | potiendum | potiendō | potītum | potītū |
1The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested.
Comparative of potis (“able, capable”). Cognate to Албански pata.[1][2]
- more able, capable; more possible; more preferable
Third-declension comparative adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||
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Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
Nominative | potior | potius | potiōrēs | potiōra | |
Genitive | potiōris | potiōrum | |||
Dative | potiōrī | potiōribus | |||
Accusative | potiōrem | potius | potiōrēs | potiōra | |
Ablative | potiōre | potiōribus | |||
Vocative | potior | potius | potiōrēs | potiōra |
- “potior”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “potior”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- potior in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- potior in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- (1) to usurp supreme power, (2) to be in a position of power: rerum potiri
- to conquer a country: terra potiri
- (ambiguous) there is nothing I am more interested in than..: nihil antiquius or prius habeo quam ut (nihil mihi antiquius or potius est, quam ut)
- (1) to usurp supreme power, (2) to be in a position of power: rerum potiri
- potior in Ramminger, Johann (2016 јул 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
- ↑ Шаблон:R:sq:Orel
- ↑ Albanische Etymologien (Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz), Bardhyl Demiraj, Leiden Studies in Indo-European 7; Amsterdam - Atlanta 1997