felicitas

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fēlīcĭtas, ātis, f. [1. felix].

(Acc. to felix, I.) Fruitfulness, fertility (post-Aug. and rare):

felicitas major Babyloniae Seleuciae,

Plin. 18, 18, 47, § 170:

terrae,

Plin. Ep. 3, 19, 6.—

(Acc. to felix, II.) Happiness, felicity (the predom. signif. of the word; syn.: fortuna, fors, sors, fatum): neque enim quicquam aliud est felicitas, nisi honestarum rerum prosperitas, Cic. Fragm. ap. Amm. 21, 16:

fuit felix, si potest ulla in scelere esse felicitas,

id. Phil. 2, 24, 59; id. Brut. 96, 329:

alii fortuna felicitatem dedit, huic industria virtutem comparavit,

Auct. Her. 4, 20, 27:

reliquum est, ut de felicitate pauca dicamus,

good-fortune, luckiness, Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 16, 47; cf.:

ego sic existimo in summo imperatore quatuor has res inesse oportere, scientiam rei militaris, virtutem, auctoritatem, felicitatem,

id. ib. 10, 28:

felicitas in re,

id. Font. 15, 32; cf.:

felicitatem Helvetiorum bello esse perspectam,

Caes. B. G. 1, 40, 13:

ut paulum ad summam felicitatem defuisse videretur,

id. ib. 6, 43 fin.:

quo simul atque intus est itum, incredibili felicitate Auster in Africum se vertit,

id. B. C. 3, 26 fin.:

haec (mala) omnia subterfugere, non modo sapientiae, sed etiam felicitatis esse,

Cic. Lael. 10, 35:

quasi non et felicitas rerum gestarum exercitus benevolentiam imperatoribus, et res adversae odia concilient,

Caes. B. C. 2, 31, 3.—In plur.:

bonae felicitates,

Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 32:

ea vis ipsa, quae saepe incredibiles huic urbi felicitates atque opes attulit,

Cic. Mil. 31, 84.—

Fēlīcĭtas, personified as a deity, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 2, § 4; Aug. Civ. D. 4, 18, 23; Suet. Tib. 5.

Fēlīcĭtas Julia, i. q. Olisipo, now Lisbon, Plin. 4, 22, 35, § 117.

fēlīcĭtas, ātis, f. [1. felix].

(Acc. to felix, I.) Fruitfulness, fertility (post-Aug. and rare):

felicitas major Babyloniae Seleuciae,

Plin. 18, 18, 47, § 170:

terrae,

Plin. Ep. 3, 19, 6.—

(Acc. to felix, II.) Happiness, felicity (the predom. signif. of the word; syn.: fortuna, fors, sors, fatum): neque enim quicquam aliud est felicitas, nisi honestarum rerum prosperitas, Cic. Fragm. ap. Amm. 21, 16:

fuit felix, si potest ulla in scelere esse felicitas,

id. Phil. 2, 24, 59; id. Brut. 96, 329:

alii fortuna felicitatem dedit, huic industria virtutem comparavit,

Auct. Her. 4, 20, 27:

reliquum est, ut de felicitate pauca dicamus,

good-fortune, luckiness, Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 16, 47; cf.:

ego sic existimo in summo imperatore quatuor has res inesse oportere, scientiam rei militaris, virtutem, auctoritatem, felicitatem,

id. ib. 10, 28:

felicitas in re,

id. Font. 15, 32; cf.:

felicitatem Helvetiorum bello esse perspectam,

Caes. B. G. 1, 40, 13:

ut paulum ad summam felicitatem defuisse videretur,

id. ib. 6, 43 fin.:

quo simul atque intus est itum, incredibili felicitate Auster in Africum se vertit,

id. B. C. 3, 26 fin.:

haec (mala) omnia subterfugere, non modo sapientiae, sed etiam felicitatis esse,

Cic. Lael. 10, 35:

quasi non et felicitas rerum gestarum exercitus benevolentiam imperatoribus, et res adversae odia concilient,

Caes. B. C. 2, 31, 3.—In plur.:

bonae felicitates,

Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 32:

ea vis ipsa, quae saepe incredibiles huic urbi felicitates atque opes attulit,

Cic. Mil. 31, 84.—

Fēlīcĭtas, personified as a deity, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 2, § 4; Aug. Civ. D. 4, 18, 23; Suet. Tib. 5.

Fēlīcĭtas Julia, i. q. Olisipo, now Lisbon, Plin. 4, 22, 35, § 117.

• Here dwells happiness

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admissĭo, ōnis, f. [id.].

An admitting of the male to the female, Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 18.—

Admission to a prince, an audience (post-Aug.):

quibus admissionis liberae jus dedissent,

Plin. 33, 3, 12, § 41:

admissionum tuarum felicitas,

Plin. Pan. 47:

primae et secundae admissiones,

Sen. Ben. 6, 33; cf. Lipsius ad Tac. A. 6, 9. (Special officers of reception were appointed, whose charge was called officium admissionis, the office of chamberlain, Suet. Vesp. 14;

and the superintendent of them was called maagister admissionum,

chief marshal, lord chamberlain, Amm. 15, 5.)—

The entrance upon an inheritance, Cod. 6, 15, 5.

bractĕātus, a, um, adj. [id.], covered with gold-plate, gilt (post-Aug. for the class. aureus):

sellae,

Sid. Ep. 8, 8:

lacunar,

id. ib. 2, 10.—

In gen., glistening like gold:

leo,

i.e. with a yellow mane, Sen. Ep. 41, 6:

comae,

Mart. Cap. 1, § 75.—

Trop. (cf. aureus, II.).

Splendid, golden:

O mentis aureae dictum bracteatum!

Aus. Grat. Act. ad Gratian. 8.—

Shining only externally, gilded, delusive:

felicitas,

Sen. Ep. 115, 9.

castro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [Sanscr. çastra, knife, sword].

To deprive of generative power (both of male and female), to emasculate, castrate, geld:

hircum,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 1 and 4:

agnum,

Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 18:

gallos,

id. ib. 3, 9, 3; Curt. 6, 3, 12; Val. Max. 6, 1, 13; Suet. Dom. 7:

sues,

Plin. 8, 51, 77, § 208; 10, 21, 25, § 50; 11, 51, 112, § 261 al.—

Transf. to plants, to prune, lop, trim, Cato, R. R. 33, 2; Plin. 17, 20, 33, § 144; 24, 8, 33, § 49.—

Trop.: vina saccis, to pass through a sack or bag, to filter, Plin. 19, 4, 19, § 53; cf. id. 14, 22, 28, § 138 sq.:

siligo castrata,

i. e. cleaned, id. 18, 9, 20, § 86:

semen,

id. 15, 14, 15, § 51.—

In gen., to shorten, cut off, curtail:

caudas catulorum,

Col. 7, 12, 14; cf. Plin. 8, 41, 63, § 153:

alvos apum,

to take up, to take out the honey, Col. 9, 15, 4; 9, 15, 11; cf.:

castrare alvearia,

Pall. 7, 7.—

Trop., to enervate, debilitate: castrata res publica morte Africani, weakened (a vulgar figure, acc. to Cic. de Or. 3, 41, 164; Quint. 8, 6, 15):

nisi illum (Maecenatem) enervasset felicitas, immo castrasset,

Sen. Ep. 19, 9:

libellos,

to remove obscenity, to expurgate, Mart. 1, 35, 14:

vires,

to diminish, Plin. 11, 18, 19, § 60:

avaritiam,

to check, restrain, Claud. Eutr. 1, 192.

crusta, ae, f. [cf. crudus], the hard surface of a body, the rind, shell, crust, bark, etc.

In gen.:

luti,

Lucr. 6, 626; cf.

soli,

Dig. 39, 2, 9:

panis,

Plin. 19, 8, 53, § 168:

glandis,

id. 15, 28, 34, § 112:

piscium,

id. 9, 28, 44, § 83:

locustarum,

id. 9, 30, 50, § 95:

ulcerum,

the scab, Cels. 5, 9; cf. id. 5, 10: fluminis, a covering or crust of ice, Verg. G. 3, 360 et saep.—

In partic., t. t. of plastic art, inlaid, chased, or embossed work on walls or vessels, plasterwork, stucco-work, mosaic work:

parietis,

Plin. 35, 12, 45, § 154; cf. id. 36, 6, 7, § 48:

quae (vasa) probarant, eis crustae aut emblemata detrahebantur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 23, § 52; Plin. 36, 6, 6, § 47; 36, 6, 7, § 48:

capaces Heliadum crustae,

Juv. 5, 38; Dig. 34, 2, 32, § 1.—

Trop.: non est ista solida et sincera felicitas; crusta est et quidem tenuis, plaster- or outside-work, Sen. Prov. 6, 3; cf. tectorium.

cūrĭōsus, a, um, adj. [cura].

(Acc. to cura, I.) Bestowing care or pains upon a thing, applying one's self assiduously, careful, diligent, thoughtful, devoted (class.; esp. freq. in Cic.).

In gen.

With in or ad:

in omni historiā curiosus,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 45, 108:

si me nihilo minus nosti curiosum in re publicā quam te,

id. Att. 5, 14, 3:

ad investigandum curiosior,

id. Fam. 4, 13, 5.—

With gen. (post-Aug.):

medicinae,

Plin. 25, 2, 3, § 7:

memoriae,

Aur. Vict. Caes. 20 fin.:

curiosissimus famae suae,

Capitol. Anton. Philos. 20.—

With circa:

circa uxoris pudicitiam minus curiosus fuit,

Capitol. Pert. 13, 8.—

Absol.:

non quidem doctus, sed curiosus,

Petr. 46, 6; so,

pictor,

id. 29, 4:

felicitas Horatii,

id. 118, 5:

manus,

id. 13, 1:

consilia,

Quint. 7, 5, 2:

interpolatione,

Plin. 13, 12, 23, § 75 al. —

With the access. idea of excess, too eager:

est etiam supervacua (ut sic dixerim) operositas, ut a diligenti curiosus et a religione superstitio distat,

Quint. 8, 3, 55.—

In partic., inquiring eagerly or anxiously about a thing, inquiring into, in a good or bad sense; curious, inquisitive.

In gen.:

ne curiosissimi quidem homines exquirendo audire tam multa possunt, quam, etc.,

Cic. N. D. 1, 35, 97; id. Fam. 3, 1, 1; Varr. R. R. 2, 3, 5; Quint. 1, 8, 21; 11, 3, 143; * Hor. Epod. 17, 77 al.:

curiosis oculis perspici non possit,

Cic. Sest. 9, 22.—

Implying censure ( = polupragmôn), meddlesome, officious, curious, prying, inquisitive:

primum patere me esse curiosum,

Cic. Fl. 29, 70; id. Fin. 2, 9, 28 Madv.; 1, 1, 3; id. Att. 15, 26, 5; cf.:

quare ut homini curioso ita perscribe ad me,

id. ib. 4, 11, 2:

curiosum aliquem extimescere,

Petr. 127:

Quae (basia) nec pernumerare curiosi Possint,

Cat. 7, 11 Ellis ad loc.—

Post-Aug., subst.: cūrĭōsus, i, m., of one who is prying, a spy, scout:

curiosum ac speculatorem ratus,

Suet. Aug. 27.—Later, a class of secret spies, secret police, an informer, etc.; cf. Cod. Just. 12, tit. 23: De Curiosis et Stationariis al.—

(Acc. to cura, II.) Lit., that injures himself by care; hence, transf., emaciated, wasted, lean:

belua,

Plaut. Aul. 3, 6, 26 (v. the passage in connection); cf.: nempe ille vivit carie curiosior, Afran. ap. Non. p. 21, 28 (Com. Rel. v. 250 Rib.).— Adv.: cūrĭŏsē.

(Acc. to I. A.) With care, carefully:

involvendus vestimentis,

Cels. 2, 17; cf. Petr. 63, 6; Col. 12, 55, 2:

cavere,

Suet. Aug. 40 al. — Comp., Vitr. 7, 4.— Sup., Col. 11, 2, 18.—

Too nicely, carefully, or particularly:

curiose potius quam Latine loqui,

Quint. 8, 1, 2.—

(Acc. to I. B. 2.) Inquisitively, curiously:

inquirerem,

Suet. Vesp. 1.— Comp.:

curiosius conquiram,

Cic. Brut. 35, 133:

facere aliquid,

id. N. D. 1, 5, 10:

animadvertunt ea, quae domi fiunt (pueri),

id. Fin. 5, 15, 42.

ē-nervo, āvi, ātum, 1 (scanned ĕnervans and ĕnervātum in Prud. Cath. 8, 64; contra Symm. 2, 143), v. a. [enervis], to take out the nerves or sinews.

Prop. (rare and post-class.):

poplites securi,

App. M. 8, p. 215:

cerebella,

Apic. 4, 2; 7, 7:

enervatus Melampus,

i. e. unmanned, Claud. in Eutr. 1, 315.—

Transf., in gen., to enervate, weaken, render effeminate (class.; esp. freq. in the part. perf.):

non plane me enervavit senectus,

Cic. de Sen. 10, 32:

corpora animosque,

Liv. 23, 18:

artus undis,

Ov. M. 4, 286:

vires,

Hor. Epod. 8, 2:

animos (citharae),

Ov. R. Am. 753:

orationem compositione verborum,

Cic. Or. 68 fin.; cf.:

corpus orationis,

Petr. S. 2, 2:

incendium belli (with contundere),

Cic. Rep. 1, 1.—Hence, ēnervātus, a, um, P. a., unnerved, weakened, effeminate, weakly, unmanly:

enervati atque exsangues,

Cic. Sest. 10, 24; cf. id. Att. 2, 14; id. Pis. 33 fin.; 35, 12:

philosophus (with mollis and languidus),

id. de Or. 1, 52 fin. — Transf. of inanimate subjects:

ratio et oratio (with mollis),

id. Tusc. 4, 17, 38; cf.:

muliebrisque sententia,

id. ib. 2, 6:

vita (with ignava),

Gell. 19, 12 fin.:

felicitas,

Sen. Prov. 4 med.

ē-nervo, āvi, ātum, 1 (scanned ĕnervans and ĕnervātum in Prud. Cath. 8, 64; contra Symm. 2, 143), v. a. [enervis], to take out the nerves or sinews.

Prop. (rare and post-class.):

poplites securi,

App. M. 8, p. 215:

cerebella,

Apic. 4, 2; 7, 7:

enervatus Melampus,

i. e. unmanned, Claud. in Eutr. 1, 315.—

Transf., in gen., to enervate, weaken, render effeminate (class.; esp. freq. in the part. perf.):

non plane me enervavit senectus,

Cic. de Sen. 10, 32:

corpora animosque,

Liv. 23, 18:

artus undis,

Ov. M. 4, 286:

vires,

Hor. Epod. 8, 2:

animos (citharae),

Ov. R. Am. 753:

orationem compositione verborum,

Cic. Or. 68 fin.; cf.:

corpus orationis,

Petr. S. 2, 2:

incendium belli (with contundere),

Cic. Rep. 1, 1.—Hence, ēnervātus, a, um, P. a., unnerved, weakened, effeminate, weakly, unmanly:

enervati atque exsangues,

Cic. Sest. 10, 24; cf. id. Att. 2, 14; id. Pis. 33 fin.; 35, 12:

philosophus (with mollis and languidus),

id. de Or. 1, 52 fin. — Transf. of inanimate subjects:

ratio et oratio (with mollis),

id. Tusc. 4, 17, 38; cf.:

muliebrisque sententia,

id. ib. 2, 6:

vita (with ignava),

Gell. 19, 12 fin.:

felicitas,

Sen. Prov. 4 med.

persōnātus, a, um, adj. [id.].

Lit., provided with or wearing a mask, masked:

Roscius,

Cic. de Or. 3, 59, 221:

pater,

i. e. the father in the play, Hor. S. 1, 4, 56: personata fabula ( * the name of a play of Nœvius), v. Fest. p. 217 Müll.; Sen. Ep. 24; Suet. Ner. 21.—

Trop., assumed, pretended, counterfeited, fictitious:

personatus ambulare,

in an assumed character, Cic. Att. 15, 1, 4:

personata felicitas,

Sen. Ep. 80, 8:

personati fastus,

affected, Mart. 11, 2, 3.

per-suādĕo, si, sum, 2, v. a., to bring over by talking, to convince of the truth of any thing, to persuade (cf. convinco).

In gen., constr. absol., with an obj.-clause and dat., rarely with acc. of the person:

oratoris officium est dicere ad persuadendum accommodate,

Cic. de Or. 1, 31, 138:

imprimis hoc volunt persuadere, non interire animas,

Caes. B. G. 6, 14:

velim tibi ita persuadeas, me, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 11, 5, 3:

hoc cum mihi non modo confirmasset, sed etiam persuasisset,

id. Att. 16, 5, 2:

ne si forte de paupertate non persuaseris, sit aegritudini concedendum,

id. Tusc. 4, 27, 59; Hor S. 1, 6, 8; Verg. G. 2, 315: quis te persuasit, Enn. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 10, 10 (p. 175, n. 4 Vahl.).— Pass. pers. (rare):

cum animus auditoris persuasus esse videtur ab eis, qui, etc.,

Auct. Her. 1, 6, 9:

si persuasus auditor fuerit,

id. ib. 1, 6, § 10: si scit et persuasus est, quid irascitur, etc., Caecil. ap. Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 2.— Pass. impers.:

corrupti sunt quibus persuasum sit foedissimum hostem justissimo bello prosequi,

Cic. Phil. 13, 17, 35:

mihi persuaderi numquam potuit, animos... vivere, etc.,

id. Sen. 22, 80. persuasum habere, v. P. a. infra.—

In partic., to prompt, induce, prevail upon, persuade to do any thing (class.); usually constr. with alicui, ut, or ne; rarely (and post-Aug.) aliquem or with an obj.-clause:

persuasit nox, amor, adulescentia,

Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 24:

metuebat ne sibi persuaderes, ut, etc.,

Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 98:

huic magnis praemiis pollicitationibusque persuadent, uti, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 3, 18:

huic Albinus persuadet, regnum ab senatu petat,

Sall. J. 35, 2:

duo sunt tempora, quibus aliquid contra Caesarem Pompeio suaserim, unum, ne, etc.... alterum ne, etc.... quorum si utrumvis persuasissem, etc.,

Cic. Phil. 2, 10, 24:

numquam tamen haec felicitas illi persuasit neglegentiam,

led him into negligence, Sen. Exc. Contr. 3, praef. 5:

omnia nobis mala solitudo persuadet,

Sen. Ep. 25, 5:

persuasit ei tyrannidis finem facere,

Nep. Dion. 3, 3:

nec arare terram aut expectare annum tam facile persuaseris, etc.,

Tac. G. 14 fin.:

quis Romanis primus persuaserit navem conscendere?

Sen. Brev. Vit. 13, 4:

frigidāque etiam hibernis algoribus persuasit,

Plin. 29, 1, 5, § 10:

aliquā die te persuadeam, ut, etc.,

Petr. 46.— Impers. pass.:

his persuaderi, ut, etc., non poterat,

Caes. B. G. 2, 10:

persuasum est facere,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 93; cf.:

tibi quidquam persuaderi potuisse,

Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 1:

tibi persuasum habere, for sibi persuaderi: ea loca provinciae adjungere sibi persuasum habebant,

Caes. B. G. 3, 2 fin.; v. Zumpt, Gr. § 407, n. 1; § 634.—Hence, P. a.: persuāsus, a, um, fixed, established, settled. —Sup.: quod mihi persuasissimum est, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 9, 2.—Esp., in phrase persuasum habere, to be convinced, regard as settled:

quia persuasum habuerunt, animas hominum immortalis esse,

Val. Max. 2, 6, 10: comperi persuasissimum habuisse eum, with obj.clause, Suet. Ner. 29:

at nos e diverso fumi amaritudine vetustatem indui persuasum habemus,

Plin. 23, 1, 22, § 40:

persuasum habeo posse fieri ut, etc.,

Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 9; Col. 1, 1, 4; 4, 3, 3 al.

possum, pŏtŭi, posse, v. n. irreg. (old forms, potis sum, for possum, Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 26; id. Curc. 5, 3, 23; so,

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):

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.

To be able, to have influence or efficacy, to avail.

With neutr. acc. used adverbially (class.; cf.

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.):

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.—

Posse as subst. ( poet.):

posse loqui,

the power of speech, Ov. M. 2, 483:

posse moveri = facultatem se movendi,

id. ib. 11, 177.—

Freq. in elliptical sentences:

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).

Indic.:

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.:

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.):

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.:

quanta sit humani ingenii vis, quam potens efficiendi quae velit,

Quint. 12, 11, 10.—

With abl.:

Roma potens opibus,

Ov. F. 4, 255:

pecuniā et orbitate,

Tac. H. 1, 73.—

With inf.:

compensare potens,

Dig. 16, 2, 10.—

In partic.

Having power over, ruling over, master of a thing; with gen.:

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.:

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.):

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):

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.—

According to one's ability or powers ( poet.):

lecta potenter res,

Hor. A. P. 40.