potitum
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;
acc. sg. perf. part.acc. sg. perf. part.acc. sg.nom. sg. perf. part.voc. 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;
acc. sg. perf. part.acc. sg. perf. part.acc. sg.nom. sg. perf. part.voc. sg. perf. part.
Examples
Liber VII
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...morientiaque ora resoluit.'non te funesta scelerum mercede potitum 610sed dubium fati, Caesar, generoque minoremaspiciens Stygias Magno duce..."Liber IV
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...iacet languetque sopore, nec dissentit eum mortis letique potitum iam pridem, quem mens vivom se cernere credit. quod..."
Liber Primus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...humilem decedere regno germanum et semet Thebis opibusque potitum cerneret; hac aeuum cupiat pro luce pacisci. nunc queritur..."Aeneid III
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...Graias regnare per urbis coniugio Aeacidae Pyrrhi sceptrisque potitum, et patrio Andromachen iterum cessisse marito. obstipui, miroque incensum..."Liber III
Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI III DE BELLO CIVILI
"...debere tribui. Locum se aequum ad dimicandum dedisse, potitum esse hostium castris, expulisse ac superasse pugnantes. Sed sive..."de Bello Africo
Gaius Julius Caesar from LIBRI INCERTORUM AUCTORUM
"...oppido Vaga quod finitimum fuit Zetae, cuius Caesarem potitum esse demonstravimus, veniunt. Petunt obsecrant ut sibi praesidium mittat..."Liber XXVII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...miserat nuntios occisum collegam esse anulisque eius hostem potitum: ne quibus litteris crederent nomine Marcelli compositis. paulo ante..."Liber V
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...quemque, tribunos militum consulari potestate creavere, L. Valerium Potitum quintum M. Valerium Maximum M. Furium Camillum iterum..."