POT 
toper, guzzler, carouser, irdrris. Plant. 
Voluptarii, atque potatores maximi. Sil. 
aqura, li. e. one that lives on the, water. 
POTaTORIuS (potator), a, ura, adj. be- 
3 longing to or serving fur drinking. Plin. 
Valarum, vas, h. e. a drinking-vessel. 
I’oTaTOS (Id.), us, m. a drinking, 
3 draught, /ip ul. 
PSTE, he can, it is ahle, same as Potest,. 
See Potis. 
POTkNS, particip. from possum. -- 
IT Adj. able, having power, capable, Svva- 
pevos. Qnintil. elliciendi. Also, with 
an infill, following. Pandect. Si quis 
• compensare potens solverit.-If Also, 
efficacious, powerful, strong. Plin. Her- 
ba potens adversus ranas. Ovid. Nihil 
est potentius auro. Id. verba. Plin. 
Odor potentissinius. Liu. anna po- 
tentiora. (faint'd. Potentissima argu- 
menta. - IT Also, potent, powerful, 
mighty, strong, rich, wealthy, having 
great weight or influence, ioxvpos, Swa¬ 
rd;. Cic. civitas. Id. Duo reges po- 
tentissimi. Id. civis. Suet. Potens 
apud filium. - IT Also, master of, 
with a gen it. following. Liv. Dum po¬ 
tens inei sum. Curt. Non potens mei 
eram, h. e. I -was not myself, beside myself. 
Ovid, mentis, h. e. of sound mind, in 
one’s right mind. — Hence, in general, 
having power over, ruling over, master, 
ruler. Liv. Potentes rerum suarum et 
urbis, li. e. masters of their state and city. 
Id. Dii immortales ita vos potentes hu- 
jus consilii fecerunt, tit., — in vestra 
manu posuerint, h. e. have, placed within 
your reach the power of determining. He¬ 
rat. Diva potens Cypri, h. c. Venus 
ruling over Cyprus. Calp. Sylvanus 
potens nemorum. Liv. irs, h. e. master 
over his anger. Virg. Nimborum tem- 
pestatumque potens, h. e. JEulus. Ovid. 
Diva potens uteri, h. e. Lucina, presiding 
over childbirth. Senec. Diva potens fru- 
gum, h. e. Ceres. Liv. imperii, h.e. able 
to command, whom the soldiers obey. Lu¬ 
can. Animal potens leti, h. e. which can 
kill, deadly. Also, imperious, domineer¬ 
ing. Terent. Heaut. 2, 1, 15.-IT Al¬ 
so, fit for a thing. Liv. regni. Id. Ne- 
que pug me neque fug®, h. e. neither able 
to fight nor to flee. Id. armorum tenen- 
dorum, h. e. who is able to hold his arms. 
-IT Also, that has attained any thing. 
Ovid. voti. Plant, pads.-IT Also, 
fortunate, successful. Catull. in amore. 
Virg. Parvo potens Fabricius, ft. e. rich. 
-IT Ovid. Potens jussi, ft. e. that has 
executed his command. 
PQTeNTaTOR (potens), oris, m. a ruler, 
3 potentate. Tcrtull. 
PSTeNTaTOS (Id.), us, m. power, do- 
2 minion, rule, command, in a state, Svoaa- 
reia, Svvapis. Cces. -IT Also, power 
of doing any thing. Mr nob. 
PSTeNTER (Id.), adv. powerfully, might.i- 
2 ly, strongly, effectually, fivvarws. Quin- 
til. dicere. Horat. Potentius. Quintil. 
decl. Potentissime. -IT Also, accord¬ 
ing to one’s power or strength. Ilorat. 
POTeNTIX (Id.), at, f. power, faculty, 
ability, capacity, force, efficacy, 6vvapis- 
Virg. solis. Ovid, morbi. Id. forma;. 
Justin, humana. Also, the faculty of 
seeing. Cels. -IT Also, virtue, effica¬ 
cy. Ovid, herbarum. Plin. aquarum. 
-IT Also, power, might, authority, in¬ 
fluence, sway, potency. Cic. Potentia est 
ad sua conservanda, et alterius obti- 
nenda, idonearum rerum facultas. Sal¬ 
lust. Postquam diviti® honori esse cce- 
perunt, et eas gloria, imperium, poten¬ 
tia sequebatur. C<es. Ut quisqtie est 
genere, copiisque amplissimus, ita plu- 
rimos circum se clientes habet. Ilanc 
unam gratiam potentiamque noverunt. 
Cic. Erant in inagna potentia, A. e. 
authority. — Also, power which one has 
attained by the favor of any one. Ovid. 
Nulla potentia longa. —Also, in the plu¬ 
ral. Cic. Opum nimiarum potenti®. 
-IT Also, power or authority over any 
person or thing, supreme power, empire, 
rule, dominion. Cic. victoris. Id. re¬ 
run), ft. e. chief power. JVep. singuJaris, 
ft. e. monarchical power. — Comp. Potestas. 
POTENT! A LITER (potentia), adv. p me ex¬ 
it fully. Sidon. 
POTeRIUM, or POTeRTON (tt orfipiov), 
is, n. a drinking-vessel, goblet. Plant. 
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POT 
- IT Also, a kind of plant, perhaps 
tran-acanth (Astragalus Tragacantha, 
L.). Plin. 25, 76, and 27, 97. 
POTESSE, potessem, &c. for posse, pos- 
3 sent, &c. See Possum. 
POTeSTaS (possum), atis, f. power or 
ability of doing any thing, power over any 
thing, Svvapts- Terent. Clui habeam 
tantam potestatem astuti®, ft. e. can con¬ 
trive such a. trick , be the author of such a 
cunning. Cic. Habere potestatem vita: 
necisque in aliquem. Liv. Pari potes- 
tate, A. e. with equal power. JVep. Esse 
in sua potestate, A. e. to be one’s own 
master. Cic. Mihi est potestas, or, est 
in potestate mea, ft. e. I have it in my 
power, I am able, I can. Suet. Jam is- 
tam volucrum fore potestatem, A e. it 
will depend upon, &c. Cic. and Liv. 
Esse in potestate senatus, A. e. to obey 
the decree or command of the senate. 
Liv. Habere familiam in sua potestate, 
ft. e. to keep, retain in his power, not to 
manumit. Cic. In potestate mentis esse, 
ft. e. to be in one’s right mind, to be in his 
senses. Id. Exisse ex or de potestate, 
sc. mentis, ft. e. to go out of one’s mind, 
be deprived of one’s senses, lose one’s rea¬ 
son. — Hence, power, dominion, rule, em¬ 
pire, government. JYep. Thessaliam in 
potestatem Thebanorum redigere. Id. 
Sub potestatem redigere. Also, of sin¬ 
gle magistracies, authority, power, or 
office of a magistrate, magistracy, or 
simply, office. Cic. prstoria. JVep. Se¬ 
vere prsefuit ei potestati. Cic. Dissimi¬ 
litude potestatum, A. e. offices. Id. Cen- 
sores potestatem gererent, ft. e. bear an 
office. — Also, one who is in office or pow¬ 
er, an officer, magistrate. Cic. A magis¬ 
tral ant aliqua potestate evocatus, A. c. 
some lawful authority. Hence, of Jupi¬ 
ter, Virg. Hominuinque divumtjue po¬ 
testas, ft. e. ruler, king. So, also, Suet. 
Potestates, A. e. governors of provinces. 
—Also, power, virtue, efficacy, force, ope¬ 
ration, effect. Plin. herbarum. Pandect. 
pecuniarum, ft. e. value. Vitruv. colo- 
rum, A. fi. qualities, properties. Hence, 
signification , as of a word. Gell. — Al¬ 
so, nature, natural quality. Lucret. 
Plumbi potestas, for plumbum. Pan¬ 
dect. actionum, ft. e. nature, quality. — 
Hence, the nature of circumstances, state 
of things. Gell. —--IT Opportunity. 
Cic. Data est potestas augend® dignita¬ 
tis. Id. Quoties mihi certorum homi- 
num potestas erit, ft. e. as often as I shall 
have opportunity to find, or have trust-wor¬ 
thy persons, sc. by whom I may send a 
letter. Terent. Liberius vivendi fuit ei, 
ft. e. he could live more freely. — Facere 
sui potestatem alicui, to give opportu¬ 
nity to any one to obtain from us what 
he wishes. Hence, to give an opportunity 
for fighting, engage in a fight. Cces. and 
JVep. Also, to allow one’s self to be seen 
or to be approached, permit an interview, 
grant an audience, allow access to. Cic. 
Neque prastores adiri possent, vel potes¬ 
tatem sui facerent. So, also, Id. sui 
conveniendi. Suet. Potestatem sui non 
habuissent, had not been allowed access; 
had not been admitted to an audience ; 
so, Suet. Potestatem sui, sc. adeundi, 
pr®bere, ft. e. to give an audience. —— 
IT Also, power, permission, leave, liberty, 
license. Faeere alicui potestatem, to 
grant leave, give an opportunity; allow, 
permit. Cic. interpellandi. Liv. Sena¬ 
tus populi potestatem fecit, for populo, 
ft. e. the senate put it. in the power of the peo¬ 
ple. Cic. Fit mihi potestas tabularinn, 
ft . e. I am permitted to make use of them. 
PSTeSTaTIVCS (potestas), a, urn, adj. 
3 denoting or containing power. Tertull. 
POTEST UR. See Possum. 3 
P6THSS (trbSos), i, m. a kind of summer 
plant or flower. Plin. - IT Also, a 
celebrated statue by Scopes representing 
the genius of longing. Plin. 
P6TILIS (poto), e, adj. that senes for or 
3 belongs to drinking. Varr. nidus, ft. e. 
a kind of drinking-vessel. Cal. Murcl. 
raptus, ft. e. an imbibing, drawing in as 
in drinking. 
P0T1N’ ? for Poti ae ? Terent. Potin’ 
3 es ? ft. e. const thou 7 are you able 7 —— 
IT Also,/or Potisne est. Terent. Potin’ 
ut desinas ? ft. e. can you leave off 7 or 
leave off. 
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POT 
P5TTNX, ®, f. the goddess of drinking wifft 
children, also called Police. Varr. and 
Donat. 
P0TI5 (poto), onis, f. the act of drinking ; 
drink; a draught, potion, n6pa, irbai;. 
Cic: — Hence, a poisonous draught. Cic. 
— Also, a potion or draught given by phy¬ 
sicians to their patients. Plaut. and Cels. 
— Also, a love-potion. Horat. 
POTIS (potis), is, !vi, Itum, a. 4. to put 
1 into thepower of any one, subject to. Plant. 
aliquem servitutis, ft. e. to make a slave, 
reduce to slavery. Id. Potiri (passive) 
hostium, ft. e. to fall into thepower of the 
enemy. Lucret. mortis, ft. e. to die. — As a 
dep. Potior, itus sum, denotes more fre¬ 
quently to be or become master of, gain or 
take possession of, acquird, gain, get, ob¬ 
tain, reach,hrirvyx^ v w > with a genit., ae¬ 
ons. or ablat., also without a case. Cic. 
Libidines ad potiundum incitantur. 
Cces. iinperio. Id. victoria. Cic. volup- 
tatibus. Ovid, monte, A. e. to get to. So, 
also, Virg. campo. Cic. urbe. Liv. pr® 
da. Muson. morte, ft. e. to die. Stat. c»- 
de, ft. e. to commit. Sallust, urbis. Cic • 
regni. Liv. vexilli. Muct. ad Ilerenn. 
Potiti sunt Atheniensium, ft. e. have con¬ 
quered or overcome. JYep. rerum, ft. e. to 
obtain the chief power. Pacuv. regnum. 
Lucret. sceptra. Justin, victoriam. 
Plaut. domura, ft. e. to reach. -IT Also, 
Potior, to have inpossession, possess, occu¬ 
py, have. Liv. mari. Id. oppido. Cic. 
rerum, ft. e. to possess or enjoy the chief 
power. Id. Atheniensium civitas, dura 
ea rerum potita est. Cic. Div. 1, 40. 
Clui rerunt potiebantur, A. e. who had the 
supreme power, kings, princes. JVep. 
summam imperii, h. e. to have the su¬ 
preme power. Terent. gaudia, ft. e. to en¬ 
joy, have. Id. commoda.-IT Poti- 
endus, or Potiundus, a, urn. Cces. Spem 
potiendorum castrorum. — Potior oc¬ 
curs also as a verb of the third conjuga¬ 
tion. Virg. Potitur. Manil. Potlmur. 
Catull. Poteretur. Pacuv. Poti,/or potiri. 
POTIONS (potio, onis), as, avi, atum, 
2 a. 1. to give a potion or drink to. Veget. 
jumentusn. — Potionatus, a, tint, having 
received a potion or dose. Sueton. 
POTIOR, iris, itus sum, dep. 4. See 
Potio. 
POTIOR (potis), tius, oris, adj. better, 
preferable, more excellent, Kpeivaow, (leh- 
tlwv. Cic. Mors servitute potior. Id. 
Potior patre. Liv. heres. -IT Also, 
more worthy, followed, like dignus, by 
qui, quee, quod. Liv. 26, 31.-- IT Su¬ 
perb Potissimus, or Potissumus, a, um, 
best, choicest, chief, especial, principal. 
Plant, homo. Cic. Quid potissimum 
sit. — The neut. Potissimum is also 
used adverbially. See Potis. 
POTIS (pos not used, whence compos, 
impos), adv. comp. Potius, superb Po- 
tissime. — I. Posit, able,possible. With 
esse: ns, Potis est, for potest, with all 
genders. Cic. e poeta. Sanguis, potis 
est consist.ere. Virg. Potis est vis ulla 
tenere. Lucret. Nec corpus potis est 
cerni. Terent. Si potis est, ft. e. if it be 
possible. Also, in the plural. Varr. 
(fluid pastores potis sunt. Also, Lu¬ 
cre!. Potis es, for potes. — Also, with¬ 
out esse. Virg. Nec potis ®quare, for 
potest. I-Ience, in the question Potin’ 7 
for potisne 7 Terent. Potin’ es dicere? 
fur potes. Plaut. Potin’ est, for potest. 
Putin’ is also used for potin’ est,. (See 
Potin’.) 'Pole occurs also, and may be 
considered as another form of this ad¬ 
verb ; as mage for magis. — Pote, or 
Pote’ without esse, is commonly used 
for potest-; for example, when it is fol¬ 
lowed by an in fin. Varr. Emtor pote 
ex emto vemlito ilium damnare. Pro- 
pert. Nec devitari letum pote, quin 
obeamus. Also, for potest esse, It may 
be, it is passible. Terent. Nihil pote 
supra. Cic. Hoc quicquam pote impu- 
rius ? It is also joined with est. Ca¬ 
tull. 42, 16. But other Edd. read potesL 
— Potis is also used adjectively. ^fi rr f 
L. L. 4, p. 18. Bip. Macrob. Sat. o, 4. 
Divi potes.-II. Comp. Potius, rcther, 
preferable, better, dearer, more. Cic. 
Magnus vel potius summus. Pandect. 
Qu®stio facti potius est, non juris. It 
is also followed by quam, than. Cces. 
Neque se judicare, Galliam potius esse 
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