potior

  1. 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.
  2. I grasp
  3. I attain
  4. I seize or capture
  5. I control

Used with the ablative or genitive.

   Conjugation of potior (fourth conjugation, deponent)
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]

Шаблон:la-adj-comp

  1. more able, capable; more possible; more preferable

Third-declension comparative adjective.

Number Singular Plural
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)
  • 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
  1. Шаблон:R:sq:Orel
  2. Albanische Etymologien (Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz), Bardhyl Demiraj, Leiden Studies in Indo-European 7; Amsterdam - Atlanta 1997