possessus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →possideo, possidere, possedi, possessus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Frequent
seize, hold, be master of; possess, take/hold possession of, occupy; inherit;
nom. sg. perf. pass. part.
Examples
- L
Hercules [Oetaeus]
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...hydra fecundum meos caput explicaret; inter infernos lacus possessus atra nocte cum Fato steti nec inuocaui; tot feras..." 
Liber Decimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...stirpe et uertice flammas, quam iuuenis multo possessus numine pectus erexit sensus letique inuasit amorem. ut uero auersae..."