to become master of

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pŏtĭor, ītus, 4 ( inf. pres. potirier, Plaut. As. 5, 2, 66.—Acc. to the third conj., potĭtur, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 274 Müll. or Ann. v. 78 Vahl.; Verg. A. 3, 56:

capto potĭmur mundo,

Manil. 4, 882; Ov. M. 13, 130; Cat. 64, 402.—Potītur. only in Prisc. 881, and Ov. H. 14, 113. So, poti for potiri, Pac. ap. Non. 475, 29; Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 3, 5, acc. to Trag. Rel. p. 56 Rib., and Enn. Trag. v. 260 Vahl.— Act. collat. form pŏtĭo, īre; v. 2. potio), v. dep. n. [potis].

Lit., to become master of, to take possession of, to get, obtain, acquire, receive; constr. with gen., acc., abl., and absol. (class.; syn.: occupo, invado).

With gen.:

illius regni potiri,

Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 5:

urbis potiri,

Sall. C. 47, 2:

vexilli,

Liv. 25, 14:

nemini in opinionem veniebat Antonium rerum potiturum,

Nep. Att. 9, 6:

voti,

Sil. 15, 331.—

With acc. (mostly ante- and post-class.; not in Cic.): regnum, Pac. ap. Non. 481, 32:

sceptrum,

Att. ib. 30; cf.:

Homerus sceptra potitus,

Lucr. 3, 1038:

oppidum, Auct. B. Hisp. 13: summum imperii,

to get possession of the supreme dominion, Nep. Eum. 3, 4; cf.:

regni Persarum potiundi,

id. Ages. 4, 2:

spes urbis potiundae,

Caes. B. G. 2, 7, 2; 3, 6, 2:

in spe urbis hostium potiundae,

Liv. 8, 2, 5; Curt. 8, 11, 19.—

With abl.:

ille hodie si illā sit potitus muliere,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 6, 9:

natura iis potiens,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 18, 41:

si ad decem milia annorum gentem aliquam urbe nostra potituram putem,

id. ib. 1, 37, 90 B. and K.:

imperio totius Galliae,

Caes. B. G. 1, 2:

victoriā,

id. ib. 3, 24:

impedimentis castrisque,

id. ib. 1, 21:

sceptro,

Ov. H. 14, 113: pane, Lucil. ap. Prisc. p. 881 P.: thalamo, Naev. ib.—

Absol.:

libidines ad potiundum incitantur,

Cic. Sen. 12, 39:

potiendi spe inflammati,

id. Fin. 1, 18, 60.—

Transf., to be master of, to have, hold, possess, occupy; with gen., acc., abl., and absol. (class.; syn.: fruor, utor).

With gen.:

Cleanthes solem dominari et rerum potiri putat,

has the chief power in the universe, Cic. Ac. 2, 41, 126:

civitas Atheniensium, dum ea rerum potita est,

id. Rosc. Am. 25, 70:

potiente rerum patre,

Tac. H. 3, 74.—

With acc.:

laborem hunc potiri,

Plaut. Rud. 1, 3, 5:

patria potitur commoda,

Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 17:

gaudia,

id. ib. 22.—

With abl.:

frui iis (voluptatibus), quibus senectus, etiam si non abunde potitur, non omnino caret,

Cic. Sen. 14, 48:

oppido,

Liv. 6, 33:

monte,

have climbed, Ov. M. 5, 254.—

Absol.:

qui tenent, qui potiuntur,

Cic. Att. 7, 12, 3.

pŏtītus, a, um, Part., in a pass. signif., v. 2. potio.

pŏtĭor, ĭus, comp. of potis.

compŏtĭo ( conp-), īvi, ītum, 4, v. a. [compos], to make partaker of (only anteand post- class.); constr. with acc. pers. and abl. or gen. rei.

Act.:

me piscatu novo,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 2, 6:

aliquem praedae,

App. de Deo Socr. prol. p. 366, 20:

aliquem voti,

id. M. 11, p. 267, 34.—

Pass., to become partaker of, to obtain, become master of:

locis,

Plaut. Rud. 1, 3, 22 (i. e. to come into; cf. the same, v. 7:

laborem hunc potiri): visu, auditu ejus,

Tert. adv. Valent. 11.

compŏtĭo ( conp-), īvi, ītum, 4, v. a. [compos], to make partaker of (only anteand post- class.); constr. with acc. pers. and abl. or gen. rei.

Act.:

me piscatu novo,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 2, 6:

aliquem praedae,

App. de Deo Socr. prol. p. 366, 20:

aliquem voti,

id. M. 11, p. 267, 34.—

Pass., to become partaker of, to obtain, become master of:

locis,

Plaut. Rud. 1, 3, 22 (i. e. to come into; cf. the same, v. 7:

laborem hunc potiri): visu, auditu ejus,

Tert. adv. Valent. 11.

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• To overcome one's human limitations and become master of the universe

tūtēla, ae, f. [1. tutor], a watching, keeping, charge, care, safeguard, defence, protection (syn.: praesidium, cura).

Lit.

In gen.:

tutelam januae gerere,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 1, 43:

foribus tutelam gerere,

id. Trin. 4, 2, 28:

viae,

Dig. 31, 1, 30:

suo tergo tutelam gerere,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 51:

nunc de septis, quae tutandi causā fundi fiant dicam. Earum tutelarum genera quattuor, etc.,

Varr. R. R. 1, 14, 1:

pecudum silvestrium,

care, management, Col. 9, praef. §

1: boum,

id. 6, 2, 15:

aselli,

id. 7, 1, 2:

tenuiorum,

support, maintenance, Suet. Caes. 68:

lanae tutelam praestant contra frigora,

Plin. 29, 2, 9, § 30:

ut villarum tutela non sit oneri,

id. 18, 5, 6, § 31; 35, 3, 4, § 14:

classis,

Just. 16, 3, 9:

cum de hominis summo bono quaererent, nullam in eo neque animi neque corporis partem vacuam tutela reliquerunt,

Cic. Fin. 4, 14, 36:

tutela ac praesidium bellicae virtutis,

id. Mur. 10, 22:

Apollo, cujus in tutelā Athenas antiqui historici esse voluerunt,

id. N. D. 3, 22, 55; cf.:

quare sit in ejus tutela Gallia, cujus, etc.,

id. Prov. Cons. 14, 35:

intellegi volumus salutem hominum in ejus (Jovis) esse tutela,

id. Fin. 3, 20, 66:

Juno, cujus in tutelā Argi sunt,

Liv. 34, 24, 2; Plin. 28, 2, 4, § 18:

subicere aliquid tutelae alicujus,

Cic. Fin. 4, 14, 38:

filios suos parvos tutelae populi commendare,

id. de Or. 1, 53, 228:

dii, quorum tutelae ea loca essent,

Liv. 1, 6, 4:

quae suae fidei tutelaeque essent,

id. 24, 22, 15:

publicae tutelae esse,

id. 42, 19, 5; 21, 41, 12:

te Jovis impio Tutela Saturno Eripuit,

Hor. C. 2, 17, 23:

ut dicar tutelā pulsa Minervae,

Ov. M. 2, 563:

dique deaeque omnes, quibus est tutela per agros,

Prop. 3, 13 (4, 12), 41:

ut te generi humano, cujus tutela et securitas saluti tuae innisa est, incolumem praestarent,

Plin. Ep. 10, 52 (60).— With gen. obj.:

loci,

protection, Just. 41, 5, 3.—

In partic., jurid. t. t., the office of a guardian, guardianship, wardship, tutelage of minors, insane persons, etc.:

tutela est, ut Servius definit, vis ac potestas in capite libero ad tuendum eum, qui propter aetatem suā sponte se defendere nequit, jure civili data ac permissa,

Dig. 26, 1 (De tutelis), 1: tradere aliquem in tutelam alicujus, Pac. ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 46, 193:

in suam tutelam venire,

to become one's own master, come of age, Cic. de Or. 1, 39, 180; Dig. 37, 11, 8, § 1; Cic. Top. 10, 44; id. Brut. 52, 195; 53, 197; id. Inv. 2, 21, 62; Gai. 2, 179; Nep. Eum. 2, 1;

rarely in the order, in tutelam suam venire,

Cic. Inv. 2, 42, 122: tutelae suae fieri, Sen. Ep. 33, 10:

fraudare pupillum, qui in tutelam pervenit,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 6, 16:

alicujus tutelam accipere,

Varr. R. R. 3, 2, 17:

ad sanos abeat tutela propinquos,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 218:

rei publicae,

Cic. Off. 1, 25, 85:

tutelam filiorum servo committere,

Just. 4, 2, 5:

tutelam pupilli suscipere,

id. 30, 2, 8:

gerere,

Val. Max. 6, 6, 1:

nancisci,

to become guardian, Just. Inst. 1, 12, 6:

administrare,

Dig. 26, 7, 3, § 2:

reddere,

ib. 5, 1, 2, § 3.—

Transf., concr.

Act., like our watch, of that which guards or protects, a keeper, warder, guardian, protector (mostly poet.):

(Philemon et Baucis) templi tutela fuere,

Ov. M. 8, 711: prorae tutela Melanthus, i. e. the pilot at the prow, = proreta, id. ib. 3, 617:

o tutela praesens Italiae (Augustus),

Hor. C. 4, 14, 43:

(Achilles) decus et tutela Pelasgi Nominis,

Ov. M. 12, 612:

rerum tutela mearum Cum sis (shortly before: curator a praetore datus),

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 103.—Of the image of the tutelar deity of a ship:

navis, cujus tutela ebore caelata est, etc.,

Sen. Ep. 76, 13; Lact. 1, 11, 19; cf. Sil. 14, 543; Petr. 105 and 108.—Of the tutelar deity of a place, Petr. 57; Auct. Priap. 37; Hier. in Isa. 57, 7; Inscr. Orell. 1698 sq.; 1736.—

A remedy against, cure:

si qua est tutela podagrae,

Grat. Cyn. 478.—

Pass., of that which is guarded or protected, a charge, care.

In gen. ( poet.):

virginum primae puerique claris Patribus orti, Deliae tutela deae,

Hor. C. 4, 6, 33:

Lanuvium annosi vetus est tutela draconis,

Prop. 4 (5), 8, 3:

sit, precor, tutela Minervae Navis,

Ov. Tr. 1, 10, 1 sq. —

In partic., in jurid. lang., that which is under guardianship or tutelage: in officiis apud majores ita observatum est: primum tutelae, deinde hospiti, deinde clienti, tum cognato, postea affini, a ward, Massur. ap. Gell. 5, 13, 5.—Of the property of a ward:

mirabamur, te ignorare, de tutelā legitimā... nihil usucapi posse,

Cic. Att. 1, 5, 6:

nihil potest de tutelā legitimā sine omnium tutorum auctoritate deminui,

id. Fl. 34, 84; Dig. 26, 7, 5.

contŭbernālis, is, comm. (abl. contubernale. Pomp. ap. Charis. p. 99 P., or Com. Rel. v. 73, where Rib. reads contubernaleio;

usu. -nali,

Macr. S. 2, 4, 29; Dig. 40, 7, 31, § 1; 50, 16, 220, § 1) [contubernium].

Milit. t. t.

A tent-companion or comrade (usu. ten men and a decanus in one tent), Cic. Lig. 7, 21; id. Planc. 11, 27; id. Sull. 15, 44; Curt. 6, 2, 16; Tac. H. 1, 23; Veg. Mil. 2, 8 and 13; Dig. 13, 6, 21, § 1; Inscr. Orell. 3557; cf. Dict. of Antiq.—

A young man who, in order to become familiar with military service, attended a general in war, an attendant:

Q. Pompeio proconsuli,

Cic. Cael. 30, 73:

Saturnini,

id. Planc. 11, 27; Suet. Caes. 42.—

Transf. from military affairs.

In gen., a comrade, companion, mate, Cic. Fam. 9, 20, 1; id. Fl. 17, 41:

illi in consulatu,

id. Brut. 27, 105; cf.:

meus in consulatu,

id. Sull. 12, 34: praeclarae (ironically of harlots), Cael. ap. Quint. 4, 2, 123 Spald.; also,

iron.: Quirini,

i. e. Cæsar, whose statue stood in the temple of Quirinus, Cic. Att. 13, 28, 3; cf. id. ib. 12, 45, 3, and Suet. Caes. 76.—

In partic., in colloq. lang., the husband or wife of a slave (given by their master); masc., Col. 12, 1, 1; 12, 3, 7; fem., id. 1, 8, 5; Petr. 57, 6; Plin. 36, 12, 17, § 82; Dig. 50, 16, 220.— Hence, facete: nisi illa nos volt... omnis crucibus contubernalis dari, qs. to be united in wedlock with the cross, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 28.