potitur
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;
sg. pres. ind. 3rd - 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;
sg. pres. ind. 3rd
Examples
Curculio
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...excruciat qui homo quod amat videt nec potitur dum licet. Phaed. Recte obiurgat. sane haud quicquamst, magis quod..."Asinaria
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...fert fortiter; fortiter malum qui patitur, idem post potitur bonum. LIB. Quin rem actutum edisseris? cupio malum nanciscier..."Adelphoe
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...tamen, ut ueritas patefacta est, ducit Aeschinus uitiatam, potitur Ctesipho citharistriam. PERSONAE MICIO SENEX DEMEA SENEX SANNIO LENO..."Liber II
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...vero caret omni tempore sensu, et quia multarum potitur primordia rerum, multa modis multis effert in lumina solis..."Phaedra
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...centena niuei colla summittunt boues: sed rure uacuo potitur et aperto aethere innocuus errat. callidas tantum feris struxisse..."Liber IX
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...omne abrumpit, Polydorum obtruncat et auro vi potitur. Quid non mortalia pectora cogis auri sacra fames..."
Liber Sextus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...invisi genus omne exscindere Phoebi. tum vero optatis potitur nec passa precari ulterius dedit acre decus fecundaque monstris..."Pseudolus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...symbolo; lenonem fallit sychophanta cacula. scorto Calidorus potitur, vino Pseudolus. PROLOGVS Exporgi meliust lumbos atque exsurgier: Plautina longa..."