potitis
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;
abl. pl. perf. part.dat. 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;
abl. pl. perf. part.dat. pl. perf. part.
Examples
Liber V
Aulus Gellius
"...pugnabat, non retinuisset eoque loco hostes potiti essent, rescripsisse dicit eum quoque civica dignum videri, quod appareret..."
Liber Primus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...iubet ire cruento inferias monstro iuuenes, qui caede potiti. fortunate animi longumque in saecula digne promeriture diem..."Aeneid IX
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...habere nepoti; post mortem bello Rutuli pugnaque potiti: haec rapit atque umeris nequiquam fortibus aptat. tum galeam Messapi..."Aeneid VI
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...natae vetitosque hymenaeos: ausi omnes immane nefas ausoque potiti. non, mihi si linguae centum sint oraque centum, ferrea..."Aeneid III
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...iacitur, stant litore puppes. Ergo insperata tandem tellure potiti lustramurque Iovi votisque incendimus aras, Actiaque Iliacis celebramus litora..."Liber VIII
Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI VII DE BELLO GALLICOCUM A. HIRTI SUPPLEMENTO
"...dicebantur hostes; nec frustra: nam plerumque magna praeda potiti nostri revertuntur. Oppressi Carnutes hiemis difficultate, terrore periculi..."Liber I
Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI VII DE BELLO GALLICOCUM A. HIRTI SUPPLEMENTO
"...vulnerabant. Diu cum esset pugnatum, impedimentis castrisque nostri potiti sunt. Ibi Orgetorigis filia atque unus e filiis captus..."Asinaria
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...copiae exercitusque eorum vi pugnando periuriis nostris fugae potiti. id virtute huius ~ collegae meaque comitate factumst..."