potiere
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. 2nd - 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. 2nd
Examples
Liber Sextus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...amor iacturaque plaustri sola nec hac longum victor potiere rapina. ast epulae quodcumque pecus, quaecumque ferarum. mitte Asiae..."Metamorphoses XV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...namque urbe receptus rex eris et sceptro tutus potiere perenni.' rettulit ille pedem torvamque a moenibus urbis avertens..."Metamorphoses XIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...pietas spectata per ignes. pone tamen, Troiane, metum: potiere petitis Elysiasque domos et regna novissima mundi me duce..."Metamorphoses XI
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...Carpathius medio de gurgite vates 'Aeacide,' dixit 'thalamis potiere petitis, tu modo, cum rigido sopita quiescet in antro..."Metamorphoses X
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...potiatur amore. "vive," ait haec, "potiere tuo"—et, non ausa "parente" dicere, conticuit promissaque numine firmat. 'Festa piae..."Ars Amatoria II
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Ars Amatoria
"...dederas a litore carbasa vento, Utendum, medio cum potiere freto. Dum novus errat amor, vires sibi colligat..."