potiatur
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. pres. subj. 3rd - 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. pres. subj. 3rd
Examples
Mostellaria
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...cuncta et ut proveniant sine malo, ne quid potiatur, quam ob rem pigeat vivere. sicut ego efficiam, quae..."Liber Quintus
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...honestum crescat, idque bonum solum sit, quo qui potiatur, necesse est beatus sit, cum id augeri non possit..."Liber Secundus
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...laetetur nec angatur, itemque inter eum, qui potiatur corporis expetitis voluptatibus, et eum, qui crucietur summis doloribus, esse..."Metamorphoses X
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...falsa moneri; certa mori tamen est, si non potiatur amore. "vive," ait haec, "potiere tuo"—et, non ausa..."Metamorphoses III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...aethera tollens 'sic amet ipse licet, sic non potiatur amato!' dixerat: adsensit precibus Rhamnusia iustis. fons erat inlimis..."Liber VIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...precatus est, hostem potiri fas non est; si potiatur, Marti suovetaurilibus piaculum fieri. Haec, etsi omnis divini humanique..."