potito
Dictionary entries
- Entry →potito, potitare, potitavi, potitatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
drink;
sg. pres. act. ind. 1st - 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. sg. perf. part.abl. sg. perf. part.dat. sg. perf. part.dat. sg. 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. sg. perf. part.abl. sg. perf. part.dat. sg. perf. part.dat. sg. perf. part.
Examples
- M
Liber IV
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...tutae quos inter opacoanfractu latuere uiae; quibus hoste potito 160faucibus emitti terrarum in deuia Marteminque feras gentes Caesar..." - G
Liber II
Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI VII DE BELLO GALLICOCUM A. HIRTI SUPPLEMENTO
"...contenderunt: Romanos pulsos superatosque, castris impedimentisque eorum hostes potitos civitati renuntiaverunt. Caesar ab X. legionis cohortatione ad dextrum..." - T
Liber VIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...vana spe auxilii aliquamdiu sustinuissent, postquam Romanos urbe potitos accepere, velut destituti ac non qui ipsi destituissent, increpare..." - T
Liber V
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...seque ante eam diem magistratu abdicavere. L. Valerio Potito quartum M. Furio Camillo iterum M'. Aemilio Mamerco tertium..." - T
Liber IV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...Romae consulari potestate Cn. Cornelio Cosso L. Valerio Potito Q. Fabio Vibulano iterum M. Postumio Regillensi. Huic bellum..." - P
Liber V
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...tradant Assyrios convenas, indigum agrorum populum, parte Aegypti potitos, mox proprias urbis Hebraeas- que terras et propiora Syriae..."
