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  • 1 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

    Latin-English dictionary > potestās

  • 2 libero

    lībĕro, āvi, ātum, 1 (old form of the fut. perf. liberasso, Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 66), v. a. [1. liber], to make or set free, to free, liberate (syn. vindico).
    I.
    Lit., to release from slavery, to free, manumil:

    amicas emite, liberate,

    Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 22:

    liberem ego te?

    id. Men. 5, 7, 35:

    servos,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 9:

    sese,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 40, 182:

    aliquem vindictā liberare,

    Plin. Ep. 7, 16, 4.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    In gen., to free, release, extricate, deliver (cf. levo) a person or thing from something (an obligation, debt, difficulty, etc.); constr.: aliquem (aliquid) ab aliqua re, with simple abl.; less freq. with gen.
    a.
    With personal objects.
    (α).
    With ab:

    teque item ab eo vindico ac libero,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1:

    se a Venere,

    to release one's self from one's duty to Venus, id. Div. in Caecil. 17, 53.—
    (β).
    With abl.: divortio te liberabo incommodis, Poët. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 24, 38:

    defensionum laboribus senatoriisque muneribus liberatus,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 1, 1:

    aliquem culpā,

    id. Att. 13, 22, 3:

    aliquem invidiā,

    id. N. D. 1, 6, 13:

    aliquem suspicione crudelitatis,

    id. Fam. 1, 2, 3:

    aliquem magnā sollicitudine,

    id. Att. 6, 1, 10; cf.:

    populum metu,

    id. Rep. 1, 16, 25:

    liberatus omni perturbatione animi,

    id. ib. 1, 17, 28:

    aliquem periculo,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 83:

    obsidione,

    id. B. G. 4, 19:

    se aere alieno,

    to pay a debt, Cic. Att. 6, 2, 4.—
    (γ).
    With gen.:

    aliquem culpae,

    Liv. 41, 19:

    voti liberari,

    id. 5, 28.—
    * (δ).
    With ex:

    multos ex incommodis pecuniā,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 9, § 23.—
    (ε).
    With simple acc.:

    vectigales multos ac stipendiarios liberavit,

    exempted from taxes, Cic. Prov. Cons. 5, 10:

    Volusii liberandi, meum fuit consilium,

    to release from obligation, id. Fam. 5, 20, 4:

    Buthrotios cum Caesar decreto suo liberavisset, viz.,

    from a division of their lands, id. Att. 16, 16, C, 11:

    amotusque post triumphum abdicatione dictaturae terror et linguam et animos liberaverat hominum,

    Liv. 6, 16, 8:

    (debitores) capitis deminutione liberantur,

    i. e. from debt, Gai. Inst. 3, 84 al. —
    b.
    With inanim. and abstr. objects:

    eum (mundum) ab omni erratione liberavit,

    Cic. Univ. 6; cf.

    below, at the end of this number: quorum linguae sic inhaererent, ut loqui non possent, eae scalpello resectae liberarentur,

    would be set free, id. Div. 2, 46, 96: liberare agros, to free or exempt from taxes, id. Agr. 1, 4, 10:

    publica liberare,

    id. ib. 2, 21, 57; cf.:

    liberari omnia Asiae emporia portusque,

    Liv. 32, 33:

    liberata vectigalia,

    id. 41, 28:

    fundum alii obligatum liberare,

    Dig. 18, 1, 41:

    liberare fidem,

    to discharge one's promise, keep one's word, Cic. Fl. 20, 47:

    liberare promissa,

    to cancel promises, to make them void and of no effect, id. Off. 1, 10, 33:

    nomina,

    to settle debts, Liv. 7, 21: impensam, to clear or repay expenses, Col. 3, 3.—Of an abstr. object:

    divinum animum corpore liberatum cogitatione complecti,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 22, 51.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To absolve or acquit in a court of justice (syn.:

    absolvo, solvo): aliquem, opp. condemnare,

    Cic. Clu. 22, 60:

    aliquem crimine aliquo,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 29, § 71: liberatur Milo, non eo consilio profectus esse, is acquitted of the charge of having undertaken a journey with the design, etc., id. Mil. 18, 47:

    reum a judicibus hoc defensionis modo liberari non posse,

    Quint. 7, 4, 20.—Very rarely with acc. of the charge:

    crimen libidinis confessio intemperantiae liberavit,

    Val. Max. 8, 1, 12.—
    2.
    To clear, i. e. to pass, traverse, cross over a place without hinderance (post - Aug.):

    flumen,

    Front. Strat. 1, 5, 3; 4, 7, 28; Hyg. Fab. 257:

    angustias freti,

    Front. Strat. 1, 4, 13:

    limen,

    Petr. 136.—
    3.
    Templa liberata, freed from buildings that obstructed the view, i. e. having a free prospect, Cic. Leg. 2, 8, 21.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > libero

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