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1 potentia
potentia ae, f [potens], might, force, power: armorum tenendorum, L.: solis Acrior, V.: morbi, O.: occulti miranda fati, Iu.: Nate, mea magna potentia solus, i. e. source of my power, V.— Efficacy, virtue: herbarum, O.—Fig., political power, authority, sway, influence, eminence: Pompei formidulosa, S.: summae potentiae adulescens, Cs.: erant in magnā potentiā, in great authority: singularis, monarchical, N.: rerum, sovereignty, O.: contra periculosas hominum potentias.* * *force, power, political power -
2 potestās
potestās ātis, f [potis].—Of persons, ability, power, capacity, force: in se potestatem habere tantae astutiae, such a power of craftiness, T.: aut potestas defuit aut facultas.—Of things, efficacy, force, virtue: potestates herbarum, V.— A power of choice, control, determination: vitae necisque, S.: beneficiorum tribuendorum: quasi non ea potestas sit tua, ut facias, T.: non esse in nostrā potestate, quin illa eveniant: esse in senatūs populique R. potestate: familiam in potestate habere, keep in slavery, L.: esse in suā potestate, one's own master, N.: eā de re ius ac potestas, jurisdiction and authority, L.— Self-control, self-command: qui exisse ex potestate dicuntur... quia non sunt in potestate mentis.— Sovereignty, public authority, sway, power, dominion, rule, empire: ut imperandi ius potestatemque habeat, legal and military supremacy: Thessaliam in potestatem Thebanorum redigere, N.— Magisterial power, authority, office, magistracy: praetoria: ut bonā ratione emerit, nihil pro potestate, i. e. by official pressure: ita potestatem gerere, ut, etc., so to administer the office.—Power, ability, possibility, opportunity: liberius vivendi, T.: quotiens mihi certorum hominum potestas erit, whenever I find men on whom I can rely: si quid dicere vellet, feci potestatem, i. e. accorded permission: quae potestas si mihi saepius fiet, utar, shall present itself: ut respondendi tibi potestatem faciam: omnium mihi litterarum fieri potestatem oportere, must be allowed access to: potestatem sui facere, allow themselves to be spoken to: facere omnibus conveniendi sui potestatem, admit to an audience: decernendi potestatem Pompeio fecit, an opportunity for a decisive engagement, Cs.: sui potestatem facere, opportunity to fight, Cs.: potestas, virtutem vestram ostendere, L.: Non fugis, dum praecipitare potestas, V.— A person in office, public officer, magistrate, ruler: ab aliquā potestate legitimā evocatus, by some lawful authority: imperia et potestates, military and civil officers: mavis Fidenarum esse potestas, Iu.: hominum rerumque aeterna, i. e. Jupiter, V.* * *power, rule, force; strength, ability; chance, opportunity -
3 praesentia
praesentia ae, f [praesens], a being at hand, presence: eorum praesentiam vitare: (Nemea) celebrare praesentiā suā, L.: urget praesentia Turni, V.: animi, presence of mind, Cs.: deorum praesentiae.— Impression, efficacy, effect: veri, O.—In the phrase, in praesentiā, at the present time, at the moment, just now, for the present, under present circumstances: hoc video in praesentiā opus esse: in praesentiā hostem rapmis prohibere, Cs.: in praesentiā reponere odium, to conceal for the time, Ta.: quod in praesentiā vestimentorum fuit, at hand, N.* * *present time; presence -
4 adversitas
adversity; power of counteracting, efficacy as an antidote (Pliny) -
5 advorsitas
power of counteracting, efficacy as an antidote -
6 efficacia
effectiveness; efficiency; acomplishment (Ecc); power, influence; efficacy -
7 efficacitasa
effectiveness; efficiency; acomplishment (Ecc); power, influence; efficacy -
8 praevaleo
praevalere, praevalui, - V INTRANSprevail; have superior power/force/weight/influence/worth/efficacy (medicine) -
9 efficacia
effĭcācĭa, ae, f. [efficax], efficacy, efficiency, virtue (post-Aug.), Plin. 11, 5, 4, § 12; Amm. 14, 8, 5; 16, 12, 25; Vulg. Sirach, 9, 4; Lact. de Ira D. 10, 37. -
10 efficacitas
effĭcācĭtas, ātis, f. [id.], efficacy, efficiency, power; perh. only Cic. Tusc. 4, 13, 31; Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 3, 10. -
11 energema
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12 facultas
făcultas, ātis ( gen. plur.:I.facultatum,
Cic. Off. 1, 9, 29 al.:facultatium,
Dig. 32, 1, 78, § 1; Col. 1, 4, 8), f. [facul, facilis; cf.: difficultas, simultas], capability, possibility, power, means, opportunity; skill, ability to do any thing easily (class.; syn.: dotes, virtutes, [p. 719] ingenium, indoles).Lit.:(α).facultates sunt, aut quibus facilius fit, aut sine quibus aliquid confici non potest,
Cic. Inv. 1, 27, 41.—Constr. with gen., ad, ut, inf., or absol.With gen. of gerund.:(β).facultas pariendi,
Ter. And. 1, 4, 5:summa copia facultasque dicendi,
Cic. Quint. 2, 8:sibi facultatem dicendi parare,
Quint. 11, 2, 49:Miloni manendi nulla facultas,
Cic. Mil. 17, 45:suscipiendi maleficii,
id. Rosc. Am. 33, 92:laedendi,
id. Fl. 8, 19:redimendi,
id. de Imp. Pomp. 7, 18:facultatem judicandi facere,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 73, § 179 et saep.—So with ellipsis of dicendi:extemporalis facultas,
of extemporaneous speaking, Suet. Aug. 84; cf.:facultas summa,
Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 18; id. ib. 6, 29, 5.—With a gen. subst.:talium sumptuum facultatem fructum divitiarum putat,
Cic. Off. 2, 16, 56:quod reliquis fugae facultas daretur,
Caes. B. G. 1, 32 fin.:Demostheni facultatem defuisse hujus rei,
Quint. 6, 3, 2: si facultas tui praesentis esset, if I could but meet you face to face, Planc. in Cic. Fam. 10, 4:facultates medicamentorum,
virtue, efficacy, Cels. 5 praef. init.; id. ib. 17.—With ad:(γ).ne irato facultas ad dicendum data esse videatur,
Cic. Font. 10, 22 (6, 12); cf.:ad explicandas tuas litteras,
id. Rep. 1, 9; and:ad ducendum bellum,
Caes. B. G. 1, 38, 4.— In plur.:ingenii facultates,
Cic. Att. 3, 10:multae mihi ad satis faciendum reliquo tempore facultates dabuntur,
Cic. Clu. 4, 10.—Rarely with dat.:si facultas sit alendis sarmentis,
Col. 4, 29, 1.—With in:(δ).modica in dicendo facultas,
Suet. Galb. 3. —With ut:(ε).nonnumquam improbo facultas dari, ut, etc.,
Cic. Caecin. 25, 71; id. Rab. Perd. 6, 18:L. Quintius oblatam sibi facultatem putavit, ut, etc.,
id. Clu. 28, 77; id. Fam. 1, 7, 4:erit haec facultas in eo, quem volumus esse eloquentem, ut, etc.,
id. Or. 33, 117.—With inf. (post-Aug. and very rare):(ζ).nobis saevire facultas,
Stat. Th. 4, 513; 12, 36; Val. Fl. 3, 16; Auct. B. Afr. 78.—Absol.:II.cave quicquam, quod ad meum commodum attineat, nisi maximo tuo commodo et maxima tua facultate cogitaris,
Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 9, 4:urges istam occasionem et facultatem,
id. Fam. 7, 8, 2:poëtica quaedam,
id. Rep. 1, 14:facultas ex ceteris rebus comparata,
id. de Or. 2, 12, 50:si facultas erit,
id. de Inv. 1, 46 fin.; cf.:hinc abite, dum est facultas,
while you can, Caes. B. G. 7, 50 fin.:quoad facultas feret,
Cic. Inv. 2, 3, 10.Transf., concr., for copia, opes, a sufficient or great number, abundance, plenty, supply, stock, store; plur., goods, riches, property (syn.: opes, bona, silva, divitiae, fortunae, copia, vis).(α).Sing.:(β).nummorum facultas,
Cic. Quint. 4, 16:cujus generis (virorum) erat in senatu facultas maxima,
id. Sull. 14, 42:facultas vacui ac liberi temporis,
id. de Or. 3, 15, 57:omnium rerum, quae ad bellum usui erant, summa erat in eo oppido facultas,
Caes. B. G. 1, 38, 3:navium,
id. ib. 3, 9, 6:si facultas ejus succi sit copiosior,
Col. 12, 38, 8 al.: pro facultate quisque, in proportion to his ability or wealth, Suet. Aug. 29.—Plur.:anquirunt ad facultates rerum atque copias, ad potentiam, etc.,
Cic. Off. 1, 3, 9:mutandis facultatibus et commodis,
id. ib. 2, 4, 15:facultates commodorum praetermittere,
id. Att. 1, 17, 5:me tuae facultates sustinent,
id. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 7:videndum ne major benignitas sit quam facultates,
id. Off. 1, 14, 42:facultates ad largiendum magnas comparasse,
Caes. B. G. 1, 18, 4:facultates patrimonii nostri aliis relinquemus,
Quint. 6 praef. §16: Gaius attritis facultatibus urbe cessit,
Suet. Galb. 3:modicus facultatibus,
Plin. Ep. 6, 32, 2 et saep.:Tantas videri Italiae facultates, ut, etc.,
supplies, resources, Caes. B. G. 6, 1, 3;with copia,
id. B. C. 1, 49, 2:ministrare alicui de facultatibus suis,
Vulg. Luc. 8, 3:qui facultates suas suspectas habet,
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13 possum
possum, pŏtŭi, posse, v. n. irreg. (old forms, potis sum, for possum, Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 26; id. Curc. 5, 3, 23; so,I.potis est,
id. Ps. 1, 1, 41:potis sunt, for possunt,
id. Poen. 1, 2, 17: POTISIT, S. C. de Bacchan.: potisset, for posset, and potisse, for posse, Lucil. ap. Non. 484, 32, and 445, 29:potesse, for posse, very freq.,
Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 30; id. Cist. 1, 1, 32; id. Truc. 1, 1, 73; id. Ep. 2, 2, 43; id. Bacch. 3, 6, 30 al.; Lucr. 1, 665; 2, 225; 1010:possiem,
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 5, 2; id. Stich. 3, 2, 25:potis sis,
id. Poen. 4, 2, 53:potis siem,
id. Merc. 2, 2, 59: possies, Enn. ap. Gell. 2, 29 fin., or Sat. v. 38 Vahl.; Plaut. As. 4, 2, 10; id. Aul. 4, 10, 17; id. Most. 2, 2, 34; 3, 2, 147; id. Men. 5, 9, 45:possiet,
id. Cist. 1, 3, 37; id. Bacch. 3, 1, 3; id. Most. 1, 1, 13 al.; cf. Brix ad Plaut. Mil. 884; Fleck. Krit. Misc. p. 45 sq.—In pass.: potestur, Enn. ap. Diom. p. 380 P. (Ann. [p. 1404] v. 594 Vahl.): Pac. ap. Non. 508, 29; Quadrig. ap. id. 508, 30; Lucr. 3, 1010: poteratur, Cael. ap. Non. 508, 27: possitur, Lex. Servil. p. 59 Haubold; Scaurus ap. Diom. p. 381 P.: possetur, Quadrig. ap. Non. 508, 18) [potis-sum].In gen., to be able, have power; I ( thou, he, etc.) can (syn. queo):II.quantum valeam, quantumque possim,
Cic. Fam. 6, 5, 1:consilio, quantum potero, labore plus paene quam potero exeubabo,
id. Phil. 6, 7, 18:ut, quoad possem et liceret, a senis latere nunquam discederem,
id. Lael. 1, 1:timor igitur ab iis aegritudinem potuit repellere, ratio non poterit?
id. Tuse. 3, 27, 66.—With sup.:Caesari te commendavi et tradidi, ut gravissime diligentissimeque potui,
as earnestly and warmly as I possibly could, Cic. Fam. 7, 17, 2: potest fieri, it may be, is possible:potest fieri, ut fallar,
id. ib. 13, 73, 2: non possum quin, I can not but: non possum quin exclamem, ut ait ille in Trinummo (Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 79; cf. id. Mil. 2, 2, 107); Cic. de Or. 2, 10, 39:ut nihil ad te dem litterarum, facere non possum,
I cannot help writing to you, id. Att. 8, 14, 1:facere non potui quin tibi sententiam declararem meam,
id. Fam. 6, 13, 1; cf.:non possum non: aequitatem tuam non potui non probare,
id. ib. 1, 9, 26:non possum te non accusare,
id. ib. 5, 14, 2:is non potest eam (mortem) non timere,
id. Fin. 3, 8, 29.— Absol.: potest (sc. fieri), it may be, is possible:potest, ut alii ita arbitrentur,
Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 38: non, non sic futurum est;non potest,
Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 73; Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 100 Brix; cf. id. Trin. 3, 3, 3:quae (mala) si potest singula consolando levare, etc.,
Cic. Fin. 5, 28, 84:nos dignitatem, ut potest, retinebimus,
id. Fam. 1, 2, 4.—Quantum or ut potest, as much or as far as possible:ibo atque arcessam medicum, quantum potest,
Plaut. Men. 5, 2; id. Most. 3, 2, 71; Ter. Eun. 5, 1, 20:nos in senatu dignitatem nostram, ut potest in tantā hominum perfidiā, retinebimus,
Cic. Fam. 1, 2, 4.—In urgent questions:possum scire, quo profectus, cujus sis, aut quid veneris?
may I know? can I learn? pray, will you tell me? Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 190:possumne ego hodie ex te exsculpere Verum?
Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 44.—In partic.A. 1.With neutr. acc. used adverbially (class.; cf.2.polleo): vocat me, quae in me plus potest,
Plaut. Truc. 4, 2, 42:plus potest qui plus valet,
id. ib. 4, 3, 38:qui tum et poterant per vim et scelus plurimum, et quod poterant, id audebant,
Cic. Quint. 21, 69:quid ergo? hoc pueri possunt, viri non poterunt?
id. Tusc. 2, 14, 34:qui apud me et amicitiā, et beneficiis, et dignitate plurimum possunt,
id. Rosc. Am. 1, 4:plus aliquanto apud te pecuniae cupiditas, quam judicii metus potuit,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 57, § 131; id. de Or. 2, 42, 180:quid aristolochia ad morsus serpentum possit,
id. Div. 1, 10, 16:quoniam multum potest provisio animi ad minuendum dolorem,
id. Tusc. 3, 14, 30:ad beate vivendum satis posse virtutem,
id. ib. 5, 5, 12: multum posse ad salutem alterius... parum potuisse ad exitium, Cic. Opp. ap. Amm. 30, 8, 7.—In gen., and without neutr. acc. (late Lat.):B.posse litteras ejus ad perniciem, non posse ad salutem,
App. Mag. 79, p. 324.—Posse aliquem, to be able to embrace one ( poet.), Mart. 3, 32.—C.Posse as subst. ( poet.):D.posse loqui,
the power of speech, Ov. M. 2, 483:posse moveri = facultatem se movendi,
id. ib. 11, 177.—Freq. in elliptical sentences:E.quod vi non poterant, fraude assequi temptant,
Curt. 5, 10, 8:Ismenias, etsi publicis non poterat, privatis tamen viribus adjuvabat,
Just. 5, 9, 8:ut auxilium quod misericordiā non poterat, jure cognationis obtineret,
id. 28, 1, 9:ut collegam vi, si aliter non possent, de foro abducerent,
Liv. 2, 56.—In apodosis of conditional sentences, analogous to the auxiliaries of the Engl. potential mood (v. Roby, § 1520; Zumpt, § 519).1.Indic.:2.ille potuit exspectatior venire, qui te nuntiaret mortuom (= si quis nuntiaret, etc.),
Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 12:nec vero ipsam amicitiam tueri possumus, nisi aeque amicos et nosmet ipsos diligamus,
Cic. Fin. 1, 20, 67:Pompeius munitiones Caesaris prohibere non poterat, nisi praelio decertare vellet,
Caes. B. C. 3, 44: consul esse qui potui, nisi eum vitae cursum tenuissem, Cic. Rep. 1, 6, 10:(res publica) poterat esse perpetua, si patriis viveretur institutis,
id. ib. 3, 29, 41:deleri totus exercitus potuit, si fugientis persecuti victores essent,
Liv. 32, 12, 6:nisi felicitas in socordiam vertisset exuere jugum potuerunt,
Tac. Agr. 31.—Subj.:A.qui denique ex bestiis fructus, nisi homines adjuvarent, percipi posset,
Cic. Off. 2, 4, 14; cf.:ventum quidem erat eo, ut, si hostem similem antiquis Macedonum regibus habuisset consul, magna clades accipi potuerit,
Liv. 44, 4, 9.—So when the condition is implied, or is contained in an adverbial clause:quae res egestati et aeri alieno tuo praeter mortem Caesaris subvenire potuisset?
Cic. Phil. 2, 14, 36:quis opifex praeter naturam... tantam sollertiam persequi potuisset in sensibus?
id. N. D. 2, 57, 142; id. Tusc. 4, 19, 44:plurima proferre possemus, sed modus adhibendus est,
Nep. Epam. 4, 6:possem hic Ciceronis respondere verbis, sed, etc.,
Quint. 2, 21, 14.—Hence, pŏtens, entis ( gen. plur. potentum, Verg. A. 12, 519; Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 114), P. a.In gen., able, mighty, powerful, potent (class.):(β).amplae atque potentes civitates,
Cic. Inv. 2, 56, 169:familiae clarae ac potentes,
Liv. 23, 4:amici magni et potentes,
Suet. Aug. 56:ne quis ex plebe contra potentiorem auxilii egeret,
Caes. B. G. 6, 10:duo potentissimi reges,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 2, 4:potentissimus et clarissimus civis,
id. Planc. 21, 51.—With gen.:(γ).quanta sit humani ingenii vis, quam potens efficiendi quae velit,
Quint. 12, 11, 10.—With abl.:(δ).Roma potens opibus,
Ov. F. 4, 255:pecuniā et orbitate,
Tac. H. 1, 73.—With inf.:B.compensare potens,
Dig. 16, 2, 10.—In partic.1.Having power over, ruling over, master of a thing; with gen.:2.dum liber, dum mei potens sum,
as long as I am my own master, Liv. 26, 13, 14:sanus mentisque potens,
in his right mind, Ov. Tr. 2, 139:potens mei non eram,
Curt. 4, 13, 23:potentes rerum suarum atque urbis,
having made themselves masters of, Liv. 23, 16, 6; so, facere aliquem potentem alicujus rei, to make one master of any thing, to give one the power over a thing:consilii,
id. 8, 13, 14:imperii,
id. 22, 42, 12: diva potens Cypri, that reigns over Cyprus, i.e. Venus, Hor. C. 1, 3, 1:Naïadum potens (Bacchus),
id. ib. 3, 25, 14:silvarum potens Diana,
id. C. S. 1:diva potens uteri,
i.e. Lucina, Ov. M. 9, 315:rerum omnium potens Juppiter,
Tac. H. 4, 84:lyrae Musa potens,
that presides over lyric poetry, Hor. C. 1, 6, 10:irae,
master of his anger, Curt. 4, 2, 5:mariti,
ruling her husband, Tac. A. 14, 60:animal potens leti,
that can kill, deadly, Luc. 6, 485; cf. id. 5, 199 Corte ad loc.—Fit for, capable of any thing; with gen.:3.potens regni,
Liv. 24, 2: hostes neque pugnae, neque fugae satis potentes caeduntur, unable either to fight or flee, id. 8, 39.—Partaking of, having attained a thing; with gen. ( poet.):4.pacis potentes,
Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 9:voti,
Ov. M. 8, 80:jussi,
having fulfilled the command, id. ib. 4, 509.—Strong, mighty, powerful, efficacious, potent (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose):B.fortuna in res bellicas potens,
Liv. 9, 17:herba potens ad opem,
Ov. H. 5, 147:verba,
id. Am. 3, 11, 31:herba potens adversus ranas,
Plin. 25, 10, 81, § 130:passum ex uvis contra haemorrhoida potens,
id. 23, 1, 12, § 15.— Comp.:nihil esse potentius auro,
Ov. Am. 3, 8, 29:quaedam ad efficiendum potentiora,
Quint. 6, 1, 26.— Sup.:potentissimae cantharides,
Plin. 29, 4, 30, § 94:argumenta,
Quint. 6, 4, 22.—Hence, adv.: pŏtenter, strongly, mightily, powerfully, effectually ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):se ipsam potenter atque efficaciter defendere,
Val. Max. 1, 1, 1:dicere,
Quint. 12, 10, 72. — Comp.:aurum... perrumpere amat saxa potentius Ictu fulmineo,
Hor. C. 3, 16, 9; Quint. 6, 4, 18.— -
14 Potentia
1. I.Lit. (class.; cf.:B.potestas, opes): armorum tenendorum potentia,
Liv. 21, 54 fin.:potentia solis Acrior,
Verg. G. 1, 92:ventosa,
Ov. Am. 2, 16, 27:formae,
id. M. 10, 573:morbi,
id. ib. 7, 537:occulti miranda potentia fati,
Juv. 7, 200.—Transf., efficacy, virtue ( poet. and in postAug. prose):II.herbarum,
Ov. M. 1, 522:dictamni,
Plin. 25, 8, 53, § 94:potentia achatae contra scorpiones,
id. 37, 10, 54, § 142:aquarum,
id. 31, 1, 1, § 1.—Trop.A.In gen., ability, faculty, capacity (post-class.):B.supra humanam potentiam magnitudine animi praeditus,
Just. 12, 16, 1:facultas videndi,
Cels. 7, 7, 13 fin.:audiendi,
id. 7, 8:loquendi,
id. 7, 12, 4.—Political power, authority, sway, influence (class.):III.potentia est ad sua conservanda et alterius obtinenda idonearum rerum facultas,
Cic. Inv. 2, 56, 169:postquam divitiae honori esse coeperunt, et eas gloria, imperium, potentia sequebatur,
Sall. C. 12, 1; Caes. B. G. 6, 14:erant in magnā potentiā, qui consulebantur,
were in great authority, Cic. Mur. 11, 25:potentiam alicujus criminari,
id. Mil. 5, 12:singularis,
the rule of an individual, monarchical power, Nep. Dion, 9, 5:rerum,
supreme dominion, sovereignty, Ov. M. 2, 259.—In plur.:contra periculosissimas hominum potentias,
Cic. Cael. 9, 22.—In abl.: potentiā, virtually, Boethius, Analyt. Post. 1, 24.2.Pŏtentĭa, ae, f.I.A town in Picenum, now S. Maria di Potenza, Liv. 39, 44; Cic. Har. Resp. 28, 62; Plin. 3, 13, 18, § 111.—Hence,B. II.A town in Lucania, now Potenza; hence, Pŏtentīni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Potentia, in Lucania, Plin. 3, 11, 15, § 98. -
15 potentia
1. I.Lit. (class.; cf.:B.potestas, opes): armorum tenendorum potentia,
Liv. 21, 54 fin.:potentia solis Acrior,
Verg. G. 1, 92:ventosa,
Ov. Am. 2, 16, 27:formae,
id. M. 10, 573:morbi,
id. ib. 7, 537:occulti miranda potentia fati,
Juv. 7, 200.—Transf., efficacy, virtue ( poet. and in postAug. prose):II.herbarum,
Ov. M. 1, 522:dictamni,
Plin. 25, 8, 53, § 94:potentia achatae contra scorpiones,
id. 37, 10, 54, § 142:aquarum,
id. 31, 1, 1, § 1.—Trop.A.In gen., ability, faculty, capacity (post-class.):B.supra humanam potentiam magnitudine animi praeditus,
Just. 12, 16, 1:facultas videndi,
Cels. 7, 7, 13 fin.:audiendi,
id. 7, 8:loquendi,
id. 7, 12, 4.—Political power, authority, sway, influence (class.):III.potentia est ad sua conservanda et alterius obtinenda idonearum rerum facultas,
Cic. Inv. 2, 56, 169:postquam divitiae honori esse coeperunt, et eas gloria, imperium, potentia sequebatur,
Sall. C. 12, 1; Caes. B. G. 6, 14:erant in magnā potentiā, qui consulebantur,
were in great authority, Cic. Mur. 11, 25:potentiam alicujus criminari,
id. Mil. 5, 12:singularis,
the rule of an individual, monarchical power, Nep. Dion, 9, 5:rerum,
supreme dominion, sovereignty, Ov. M. 2, 259.—In plur.:contra periculosissimas hominum potentias,
Cic. Cael. 9, 22.—In abl.: potentiā, virtually, Boethius, Analyt. Post. 1, 24.2.Pŏtentĭa, ae, f.I.A town in Picenum, now S. Maria di Potenza, Liv. 39, 44; Cic. Har. Resp. 28, 62; Plin. 3, 13, 18, § 111.—Hence,B. II.A town in Lucania, now Potenza; hence, Pŏtentīni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Potentia, in Lucania, Plin. 3, 11, 15, § 98. -
16 Potentinus
1. I.Lit. (class.; cf.:B.potestas, opes): armorum tenendorum potentia,
Liv. 21, 54 fin.:potentia solis Acrior,
Verg. G. 1, 92:ventosa,
Ov. Am. 2, 16, 27:formae,
id. M. 10, 573:morbi,
id. ib. 7, 537:occulti miranda potentia fati,
Juv. 7, 200.—Transf., efficacy, virtue ( poet. and in postAug. prose):II.herbarum,
Ov. M. 1, 522:dictamni,
Plin. 25, 8, 53, § 94:potentia achatae contra scorpiones,
id. 37, 10, 54, § 142:aquarum,
id. 31, 1, 1, § 1.—Trop.A.In gen., ability, faculty, capacity (post-class.):B.supra humanam potentiam magnitudine animi praeditus,
Just. 12, 16, 1:facultas videndi,
Cels. 7, 7, 13 fin.:audiendi,
id. 7, 8:loquendi,
id. 7, 12, 4.—Political power, authority, sway, influence (class.):III.potentia est ad sua conservanda et alterius obtinenda idonearum rerum facultas,
Cic. Inv. 2, 56, 169:postquam divitiae honori esse coeperunt, et eas gloria, imperium, potentia sequebatur,
Sall. C. 12, 1; Caes. B. G. 6, 14:erant in magnā potentiā, qui consulebantur,
were in great authority, Cic. Mur. 11, 25:potentiam alicujus criminari,
id. Mil. 5, 12:singularis,
the rule of an individual, monarchical power, Nep. Dion, 9, 5:rerum,
supreme dominion, sovereignty, Ov. M. 2, 259.—In plur.:contra periculosissimas hominum potentias,
Cic. Cael. 9, 22.—In abl.: potentiā, virtually, Boethius, Analyt. Post. 1, 24.2.Pŏtentĭa, ae, f.I.A town in Picenum, now S. Maria di Potenza, Liv. 39, 44; Cic. Har. Resp. 28, 62; Plin. 3, 13, 18, § 111.—Hence,B. II.A town in Lucania, now Potenza; hence, Pŏtentīni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Potentia, in Lucania, Plin. 3, 11, 15, § 98. -
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pŏtestas, ātis ( gen. plur. potestatium, Sen. Ep. 115, 7; Plin. 29, 4, 20, § 67), f. [possum].I.Lit., in gen., ability, power of doing any thing (class.):B.SI FVRIOSVS EST AGNATORVM GENTILIVMQVE IN EO PECVNIAQVE EIVS POTESTAS ESTO, Fragm. XII. Tabularum: vim tantam in se et potestatem habere tantae astutiae,
to have such a power of craftiness, to be able to devise such tricks, Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 32:aut potestas defuit aut facultas aut voluntas,
Cic. Inv. 2, 7, 24:habere potestatem vitae necisque in aliquem,
id. Dom. 29, 77; id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 3, § 11:potestatem alicui deferre beneficiorum tribuendorum,
id. Balb. 16, 37. — Poet., with inf.:potestas occurrere telis... ensem avellere dextrā,
Stat. Th. 3, 296; Luc. 2, 40.—In phrases.1.Esse in potestate alicujus, to be in one's power, under one's control, to be subject to (for a description of the relation of potestas under the Roman law, and of the classes of persons to whom it applied, v. Gai. Inst. 1, 49 sqq.):2.mittuntur legati, qui nuntient, ut sit in senatūs populique Romani potestate,
Cic. Phil. 6, 2, 4:esse in dicione ac potestate alicujus,
id. Quint. 2, 6: habere familiam in potestate, to keep them slaves, not to free them, Liv. 8, 15.—Esse in suā potestate, to be one's own master, Nep. Att. 6, 1; so,3.esse suae potestatis,
Liv. 31, 45.—Jus potestatemque habere imperandi, Cic. Phil. 11, 12, 30; cf.:4.cum consulis eā de re jus ac potestatem esse dixisset,
had jurisdiction and authority over it, Liv. 24, 39.—Est mea (tua, etc.) potestas, I have the power, I can, Cic. Att. 2, 5, 1; Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 42; cf.:II.sed volui meam potestatem esse vel petendi, etc.,
Cic. Att. 4, 2, 6.—In partic.A.Political power, dominion, rule, empire, sovereignty (syn.:B.imperium, dicio): Thessaliam in potestatem Thebanorum redigere,
Nep. Pelop. 5, 1; Liv. 24, 31; so,sub potestatem Atheniensium redigere,
Nep. Milt. 1, 4:esse in potestate alicujus,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 54, § 136:tenere aliquem in suā potestate ac dicione,
id. ib. 2, 1, 38, §97: venire in arbitrium ac potestatem alicujus,
id. ib. 2, 1, 57, § 150.—Magisterial power, authority, office, magistracy (syn.:b.magistratus, auctoritas): potestas praetoria,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 24, 69:qui togatus in re publicā cum potestate imperioque versatus sit,
id. Phil. 1, 7, 18:modo ut bonā ratione emerit, nihil pro potestate, nihil ab invito,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 5, § 10:cum potestate aut legatione in provinciam proficisci,
id. ib. 2, 4, 5, § 9; id. Clu. 27, 74:censores dederunt operam, ut ita potestatem gererent, ut, etc.,
so to administer the office, id. Verr. 2, 2, 55, § 138; id. Agr. 2, 6, 14.—In plur.:imperia, potestates, legationes,
id. Leg. 3, 3, 9:in potestatibus gerendis,
Auct. Her. 3, 7, 14.—Transf.(α).A person in office, a public officer, magistrate:(β).a magistratu aut ab aliquā potestate legitimā evocatus,
by some lawful authority, Cic. Tusc. 1, 30, 74:mavis Fidenarum esse potestas,
Juv. 10, 100.—A ruler, supreme monarch:C.hominum rerumque aeterna potestas,
i. e. Jupiter, Verg. A. 10, 18:nihil est quod credere de se Non possit, cum laudatur dis aequa potestas,
Juv. 4, 71 (v. context): potestates, = archai, the highest magistrates, Plin. 9, 8, 8, § 26; Suet. Ner. 36; Amm. 31, 12, 5:celsae potestates,
officers of state, id. 14, 1, 10:jurisdictionem potestatibus per provincias demandare,
Suet. Claud. 23.—Esp., legal power, right over or to a thing (class.):D.potestatis verbo plura significantur: in personā magistratuum imperium, in personā liberorum patria potestas, in personā servi dominium: at cum agimus de noxae deditione cum eo, qui servum non defendit, praesentis corporis copiam facultatemque significamus. Ex lege Atiniā in potestatem domini rem furtivam venisse videri, et si ejus vindicandae potestatem habuerit, Sabinus et Cassius aiunt,
Dig. 50, 16, 215.—Of inanimate things, power, force, efficacy, effect, operation, virtue, value:E.potestates colorum,
Vitr. 7, 14:potestates visque herbarum,
Verg. A. 12, 396; Plin. 25, 2, 5, § 9:pecuniarum,
value, Dig. 13, 4, 3:haec potestatibus praesentibus dijudicanda sunt,
circumstances, state of things, Gell. 1, 3, 24:actionum vis et potestas,
Dig. 9, 4, 1:quaternarius numerus suis partibus complet decadis ipsius potestatem (because the first four integers, taken together, = 10),
compass, fulness, Mart. Cap. 2, § 106:plumbi potestas,
nature, quality, properties, Lucr. 5, 1242:naturalis,
Vitr. 9, 4.—Of a word, meaning, signification (syn.:F.vis, significatio),
Gell. 10, 29, 1; Auct. Her. 4, 54, 67; Sen. Ben. 2, 34, 4.—Math. t. t., = dunamis, the square root, Mart. Cap. 2, § 106.—III.Trop.A.Power, control, command (class.): dum ex tanto gaudio in potestatem nostram redeamus, recover our self-control, come to ourselves, Cato ap. Gell. 7, 3, 14:B.exisse ex potestate dicimus eos, qui effrenati feruntur aut libidine, aut iracundiā,
to have lost the control of their reason, to be out of their minds, Cic. Tusc. 3, 5, 11; cf.:qui exisse ex potestate dicuntur, idcirco dicuntur, quia non sunt in potestate mentis, cui regnum totius animi a natura tributum est,
id. ib. 3, 5, 11; cf. also id. ib. 4, 36, 77:postquam ad te cum omnium rerum tum etiam tui potestatem di transtulerint,
Plin. Pan. 56, 3.—Power, ability, possibility, opportunity (class.; cf.:IV.copia, facultas): ubi mihi potestas primum evenit,
Plaut. Cist. 1, 2, 18:liberius vivendi,
Ter. And. 1, 1, 25:ut primum potestas data est augendae dignitatis tuae,
Cic. Fam. 10, 13, 1: quoties mihi certorum hominum potestas erit (al. facultas), whenever I find men on whom I can rely, id. ib. 1, 7, 1: facere potestatem, to give opportunity, leave, permission:si quid de his rebus dicere vellet, feci potestatem,
id. Cat. 3, 5, 11:quae potestas si mihi saepius fiet, utar,
shall present itself, id. Phil. 1, 15, 38:alicui potestatem optionemque facere, ut, etc.,
id. Div. in Caecil. 14, 45:facio tibi interpellandi potestatem,
id. Rosc. Am. 27, 73:ego instare, omnium mihi tabularum et litterarum fieri potestatem oportere,
must be allowed the use of, id. Verr. 2, 4, 66, § 149: potestatem sui facere, to allow others to see or have access to one, to give an opportunity of conversing with one:cum neque praetores diebus aliquot adiri possent vel potestatem sui facerent,
allowed themselves to be spoken to, id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 5, § 15:facere omnibus conveniendi sui potestatem,
to admit to an audience, id. Phil. 8, 10, 31:qui potestatem sui non habuissent,
who had not been able to speak with him, Suet. Tib. 34:potestatem sui facere,
to give an opportunity of fighting with one, Caes. B. G. 1, 40; Nep. Ages. 3, 3.— Poet., with inf.:non fugis hinc praeceps, dum praecipitare potestas,
Verg. A. 4, 565:nunc flere potestas est,
Luc. 2, 40:soli cui tanta potestas meis occurrere telis,
Stat. Th. 3, 296.—In eccl. Lat.:V.potestates,
angels, angelic powers, authorities in the spiritual world, Vulg. Ephes. 6, 12; id. 1 Pet. 3, 22; sing., id. 1 Cor. 15, 24.—Personified, a daughter of Pallas and Styx, Hyg. Fab. prooem. -
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1.praesentĭa, ae, f. [praesens].I.In gen., a being before, in view, or at hand; presence (class.; cf.2. II. 2.conspectus): alicujus aspectum praesentiamque vitare,
Cic. Cat. 1, 7, 17:desiderium praesentiae tuae,
id. Fam. 5, 8, 5:urget praesentia Turni,
Verg. A. 9, 73.—In plur.:deorum praesentiae,
Cic. N. D. 2, 66, 166:praesentiam sui facere,
to present one's self, to appear, Dig. 42, 1, 53:praesentia animi,
presence of mind, readiness, resolution, courage, Caes. B. G. 5, 43, 4; Cic. Mil. 23; Plin. 8, 25, 38, § 92.—For the phrase in praesentia (sc. tempora), v. praesens, s. v. praesum.—praesentĭa, ium, n. plur., v. praesens, s. v. praesum fin. -
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praestantĭa, ae, f. [praestans], preeminence, superiority, excellence (class.):excellentia praestantiaque animantium reliquorum,
over other creatures, Cic. Off. 1, 28, 97:virtutis, ingenii, fortunae,
pre-eminence in, id. Lael. 19, 70:di omnium rerum praestantiā excellentes,
in all things, id. Div. 2, 63, 129:dignitatis,
id. de Or. 2, 52, 209:remedii,
Plin. 12, 3, 7, § 16:vulneribus sanandis tanta praestantia est, ut, etc.,
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prae-vălĕo, ŭi, 2, v. n.I.In gen., to be very or more able, to have distinguished power or influence; to have greater power or worth; to be superior or distinguished, have the superiority, prevail (not ante-Aug.; cf.:II.praesto, excello, praecedo): virtute semper praevalet sapientia,
wisdom prevails over, has more power than bravery, Phaedr. 1, 13, 14:qui praevalet arcu,
is a distinguished archer, Stat. Achill. 2, 122:vulturum praevalent nigri,
rank first, Plin. 10, 6, 7, § 19:aranei cum praevaluere (supra apes),
id. 11, 19, 21, § 65:in Aegypto hic mos praevalet,
prevails, id. 17, 22, 35, § 185:ita saepius digni, quam gratiosi, praevalebant,
had the advantage, Plin. Ep. 3, 20, 6:quae sententia non praevaluit modo,
id. ib. 2, 11, 6:certamen acerrimum, amita potius an mater apud Neronem praevaleret,
had the most influence, Tac. A. 12, 64:auctoritate et praesentiā,
to prevail, to get the upper hand, Suet. Galb. 19:gratiā,
id. Ner. 28:auctoritas Cluvii praevaluit, ut, etc.,
prevailed, Tac. H. 2, 65:tuum erit consultare, utrum praevaleat, quod ex Arminio concepit, an quod ex me genita est,
which should have more weight, id. A. 1, 58; Dig. 1, 5, 10.— With inf.:praevaluit ire,
Vulg. 1 Par. 21, 30.—With contra, Vulg. Gen. 32, 28.—With dat. (late Lat.):quae (mala) etiam praevalent bonis,
Lact. Epit. 68, 21: portis inferi et mortis legibus praevalere, Leo M. p. 51, 1 fin. —In partic., of medicines, to be of great virtue or efficacy:B.trifolium praevalet contra serpentium ictus,
Plin. 21, 21, 88, § 152:lac praevalet ad vitia in facie sananda,
id. 28, 7, 21, § 75.—In law, to be settled, established, Just. Inst. 1, 6, 3.— Hence, praevălens, entis, P. a., very strong, very powerful:populus, Liv. praef.: praevalens corpore,
Vell. 2, 108, 2; Plin. 5, 24, 20, § 84.
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