poteris
Dictionary entries
- Entry →poto, potare, potavi, potus:
Verb · 1st conjugation
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
drink; drink heavily/convivially, tipple; swallow; absorb, soak up;
sg. pres. pass. subj. 2nd - Entry →potior, poti, potitus sum:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Deponent
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
obtain, acquire; grasp; attain, reach (goal); come by (experiences);; seize, capture; control; have/possess; reign over; win sexually;; be/become master of (w/GEN/ABL), get possession/submission/hold of;
sg. pres. ind. 2nd - Entry →possum, posse, potui, -:
Verb · Compounds Of To Be
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
be able, can; [multum posse => have much/more/most influence/power];
sg. fut. act. ind. 2nd
Examples
- T
Stichus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...censeo. GEL. O lux oppidi. EPIG. Si arte poteris accubare. GEL. Vel inter cuneos ferreos; tantillum loculi..." - T
Persa
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...Attici omnes; nullum Siculum acceperis: cum hac dote poteris vel mendico nubere. VIR. Quin tu me ducis..." - T
Mostellaria
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...aliam noxiam: ibi utrumque, et hoc et illud, poteris ulcisci probe. CALL. Sine te exorem..." - T
Curculio
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...salsura sat bonast: si id feceris, venire poteris intestinis vilius. Capp. Lien dierectust. Pal. Ambula, id lieni optumumst..." - T
Captivi
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...filio. PHILOP. Immo potes, pater, et poteris et ego potero, et di eam potestatem dabunt ut beneficium bene..." - T
Bacchides
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...credo aderit. sed hoc idem apud nos rectius poteris agere; atque is dum veniat, sedens ibi opperibere. eadem..." - T
Asinaria
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...animus tuos clavo Cupidinis. remigio veloque quantum poteris festina et fuge: quam magis te in altum capessis..." - T
Trinummus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...summam inibis gratiam, neque commodius ullo pacto ei poteris auxiliarier. PHIL. Egone indotatam te uxorem ut patiar..."
