potior
Latin уреди
===Pronunciation
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===Etymology
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====Verb
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potior
- I obtain or acquire
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- I grasp
- I attain
- I seize or capture
- I control
=====Usage notes
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Used with the ablative or genitive.
=====Conjugation
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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 for this verb.
===Etymology
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Comparative of potis (“able, capable”). Cognate to Албански pata.[1][2]
====Adjective
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- more able, capable; more possible; more preferable
=====Declension
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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 |
===References
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- “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 (accessed 16 July 2016) 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