potiar
Dictionary entries
- 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. fut. ind. 1stsg. pres. subj. 1st - Entry →potior, potiri, potitus sum:
Verb · 4th conjugation · Deponent
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- 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. fut. ind. 1stsg. pres. subj. 1st
Examples
Eunuchus
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...precario fac tradas: mea nil refert dum potiar modo. PA. quid? virgo quoiast? CH. nescio hercle. PA. undest..."
Liber Undecimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...iras suppliciumque cupit; sed tu maioribus, oro, imperii potiare bonis, altusque iacentes praetereas, et magna ducum uereare priorum..."Liber Decimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...supremaque murmura uoluens: 'hoc tamen interea ~et tu potiare sepulcro.' tales optatis regum in complexibus ambo, par insigne..."Liber Tertius
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...scilicet ut uanis auibus natoque domoque et thalamis potiare iacens, sileamus inulti Tydeos egregii perfossum pectus et arma..."Ars Amatoria I
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Ars Amatoria
"...tabellas, Corpore, non tantum sedulitate placet, Fac domina potiare prius, comes illa sequatur: Non tibi ab ancilla..."