possum

Енглески

===Etymology

a brushtail possum in Australia

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Derived from opossum by apheresis.

Pronunciation

• enPR: pŏs'əm, МФА^(кључ): /ˈpɒsəm/
• Риме: -ɒsəm

Noun

possum (plural possums)

1. (US) An opossum, a marsupial of the family Didelphidae of the Americas.
2. Any of the marsupials in several families of the order Diprotodontia of Australia and neighboring islands.

Derived terms

• brushtail possum
• play possum
• ring-tail possum

Related terms

• opossum

Translations

opossum — see opossum

any of the marsupials in several families of the order Diprotodontia of Australia and neighboring islands

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 負鼠／负鼠 (zh), 负鼠 (zh) (fùshǔ), 波瑟姆 (bōsèmǔ)

• Finnish: harvaetuhampainen
• French: possum (fr) m
• German: Possum (de) n
• Guugu Yimidhirr: молим додајте овај превод ако можете
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Irish: pasam m
• Japanese: ポッサム (possamu)
• Kriol: posam
• Russian: по́ссум (ru) m (póssum)
• Spanish: молим додајте овај превод ако можете
• Wardaman: dilygun

See also

• possum на Википедији.Википедији
• Diprotodontia на Википедији.Википедији
• Didelphidae на Википедији.Википедији

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Latin

Etymology

From potis (“able, capable”) + sum (“I am”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) МФА^(кључ): /ˈpos.sum/, [ˈpɔs.sʊ̃ˑ]

• Audio (Classical)

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Verb

possum

1. I am able, can

   Tunc, modo edere non potuit.

   At that time, he just hasn't been able to eat.

   Possum Latine loqui.

   I am able to speak in Latin.

   Potesne mihi succurrere, quaeso?

   Can you help me please?

   Si probare possemus Ligarium in Āfricā omnino non fuisse.

   If we could prove that Ligarius was not at all in Africa.

Conjugation

This verb is irregular, but resembles sum prefixed with pot-. Several contractions and simplifications occur, however: -ts- → -ss-, -tf- → -t-, -tess- → -ss-.

Conjugation of possum (highly irregular, suppletive, active only)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	possum	potes	potest	possumus	potestis	possunt
	imperfect	poteram	poterās	poterat	poterāmus	poterātis	poterant
	future	poterō	poteris, potere	poterit	poterimus	poteritis	poterunt
	perfect	potuī	potuistī	potuit	potuimus	potuistis	potuērunt, potuēre
	pluperfect	potueram	potuerās	potuerat	potuerāmus	potuerātis	potuerant
	future perfect	potuerō	potueris	potuerit	potuerimus	potueritis	potuerint
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	possim	possīs	possit	possīmus	possītis	possint
	imperfect	possem	possēs	posset	possēmus	possētis	possent
	perfect	potuerim	potuerīs	potuerit	potuerīmus	potuerītis	potuerint
	pluperfect	potuissem	potuissēs	potuisset	potuissēmus	potuissētis	potuissent
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		posse	potuisse	—	—	—	—
participles		potēns	—	—	—	—	—

• Some passive forms are attested in ante-classical authors (e.g. potestur, poteratur, possitur, possetur).

Derived terms

• multum posse
• possibilis
• potēns
• potentia

Related terms

• absum
• adsum
• dēsum
• īnsum
• intersum
• obsum
• potentiālis

• potis
• praesum
• prōsum
• subsum
• sum
• supersum

Descendants

• Енглески: in posse, power
• Vulgar Latin: *posso (see there for further descendants)
• Француски: pouvoir

References

• “possum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “possum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• possum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to give a man the opportunity of doing a thing: facultatem alicui dare alicuius rei or ut possit...
    
  • I cannot make myself believe that..: non possum adduci, ut (credam)
    
  • I cannot bring myself to..: a me impetrare non possum, ut
    
  • he is a young man of great promise: adulescens alios bene de se sperare iubet, bonam spem ostendit or alii de adulescente bene sperare possunt
    
  • I have exhausted all my material: copiam quam potui persecutus sum
    
  • movable, personal property: res, quae moveri possunt; res moventes (Liv. 5. 25. 6)
    
  • to isolate a witness: aliquem a ceteris separare et in arcam conicere ne quis cum eo colloqui possit (Mil. 22. 60)
    
  • men of military age: qui arma ferre possunt or iuventus
    
  • men exempt from service owing to age: qui per aetatem arma ferre non possunt or aetate ad bellum inutiles
    
  • by the longest possible forced marches: quam maximis itineribus (potest)
    
  • this can be said of..., applies to..: hoc dici potest de aliqua re
    
  • this can be said of..., applies to..: hoc transferri potest in aliquid
    
  • I cannot find words for..: dici vix (non) potest or vix potest dici (vix like non always before potest)
    
  • without wishing to boast, yet..: quod vere praedicare possum
    
  • that is self-evident, goes without saying: hoc facile intellegi potest
    
  • from this it appears, is apparent: ex quo intellegitur or intellegi potest, debet
    
  • (ambiguous) to be scarcely able to restrain one's laughter: risum tenere vix posse
    
  • (ambiguous) to be scarcely able to restrain one's laughter: risum aegre continere posse
    
  • (ambiguous) to be hardly able to restrain one's tears: lacrimas tenere non posse
    
  • (ambiguous) to be hardly able to restrain one's tears: fletum cohibere non posse
    
  • (ambiguous) to be unable to speak for emotion: prae lacrimis loqui non posse
    
  • (ambiguous) to be unable to sleep: somnum capere non posse
    
  • (ambiguous) to have great influence with a person; to have considerable weight: multum auctoritate valere, posse apud aliquem
    
  • (ambiguous) to have great weight as a speaker: multum dicendo valere, posse
    
  • (ambiguous) to be unable to say all one wants: verbis non omnia exsequi posse
    
  • (ambiguous) to have a powerful navy: navibus plurimum posse
    
• possum in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016