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
- T
Mostellaria
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...cuncta et ut proveniant sine malo, ne quid potiatur, quam ob rem pigeat vivere. sicut ego efficiam, quae..." - M
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..." - M
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..." - P
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..." - P
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..." - T
Liber VIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...precatus est, hostem potiri fas non est; si potiatur, Marti suovetaurilibus piaculum fieri. Haec, etsi omnis divini humanique..."