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..."- P
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..." - P
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..." - P
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..." - P
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..." - P
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..."