potitae
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;
dat. sg. perf. part.gen. sg. perf. part.nom. pl. perf. part.voc. pl. perf. part. - 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;
dat. sg. perf. part.gen. sg. perf. part.nom. pl. perf. part.voc. pl. perf. part.
Examples
Epidicus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...habeo usquam munitum locum. ita gnata mea hostiumst potita, neque ea nunc ubi sit scio. PER. Quis illaec..."Liber XIII
Aulus Gellius
"...libro dixit de Elissa, quae mortem per vim potita est: nam quia nec fato merita nec morte peribat..."
Liber Quartus
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...immisit honestas. Nec post Sidonii letum ducis aere potita egregio plebeia domus. convivia Syllae ornabat semper claros intrare..."Metamorphoses VIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...facinus!) fatali nata parentem crine suum spoliat praedaque potita nefanda per medios hostes (meriti fiducia tanta est) pervenit..."Metamorphoses V
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...visa brevissima, Thebas virgineumque Helicona petit. quo monte potita constitit et doctas sic est adfata sorores: 'fama novi..."de Bello Africo
Gaius Julius Caesar from LIBRI INCERTORUM AUCTORUM
"...celeriter bestiis circumitis legiones vallo hostium sunt potitae, et paucis acriter repugnantibus interfectisque reliqui concitati in castra, unde..."