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
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..."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..."Liber VIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...vana spe auxilii aliquamdiu sustinuissent, postquam Romanos urbe potitos accepere, velut destituti ac non qui ipsi destituissent, increpare..."Liber V
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...seque ante eam diem magistratu abdicavere. L. Valerio Potito quartum M. Furio Camillo iterum M'. Aemilio Mamerco tertium..."Liber IV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...Romae consulari potestate Cn. Cornelio Cosso L. Valerio Potito Q. Fabio Vibulano iterum M. Postumio Regillensi. Huic bellum..."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..."
