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        possum (possiem, possiet, T.), potuī, posse (old potesse), irreg.    [potis+sum], to be able, have power, can: quantum valeam, quantumque possim: ut, quoad possem numquam discederem: Caesari te commendavi, ut gravissime potui, as earnestly as I possibly could: potest fieri, ut fallar, it may be: non possum quin exclamem, I cannot but: ut nihil ad te dem litterarum, facere non possum, I cannot help writing to you: aequitatem tuam non potui non probare, I could not avoid approving: non potest, it is impossible, T.: nos dignitatem, ut potest, retinebimus, as far as possible: comprendi iube (eum), quantum potest, T.: posse loqui, the power of speech, O.: posse moveri, O.—Esp., as an auxiliary, represented in English by the potential mood, to have power, be able: plurima proferre possumus, I might adduce many more, N.: munitiones Caesaris prohibere non poterat, nisi, etc., he could not have hindered, Cs.: quamquam et illud dicere poteram, might have said, L.: consul esse qui potui, nisi tenuissem, etc., might have been consul: ut, si hostem habuisset consul, magna clades accipi potuerit, L.— To be able, be strong, be powerful, have influence, be efficacious, avail, accomplish: non dubium, quin totius Galliae plurimum Helvetii possent, Cs.: quod poterant, id audebant: apud me plurimum: quoniam multum potest provisio animi ad minuendum dolorem: ad beate vivendum satis posse virtutem: non omnia possumus omnes, V. —Ellipt.: quod vi non poterant, fraude adsequi temptant, Cu.: ut collegam vi, si aliter non possent, de foro abducerent, L.
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    posse, potui, - V
    be able, can

    multum posse -- have much/more/most influence/power

    Latin-English dictionary > possum

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