POT 
die in possessionem libertatis pedem 
ponimus. — Possession is eleven 'points 
„f the law, occupantis fiunt derelicta. — 
Possession by prescription, usucaptio or 
ususcaptio. — Possession in trust, pos- 
sessio flduciaria. — To take possession, 
possldo ; occupo. — of an estate, heredi- 
tatein adire or cernere. — of an office, 
inire magistratum. — A taking posses¬ 
sion of, occupatio. — To give possession 
of any thing, possessionem alienjus rei 
alieui tradere. — To put out of posses¬ 
sion, de possessione aliquem dejicere or 
demovere. — To deliver up possession, 
mancipo, emancipo. — Relating to pos¬ 
session, possessorius (e. g. actio), Pan¬ 
dect. — In possession of, penes. — In.my 
possession, penes me. -IT A posses¬ 
sion, posscssio ; fundus, praedium. 
Smo.il, possessiuncula. — To have large 
possessions, magnas possessiones ha¬ 
bere ; agros or latifundia habere. 
Possessive, possessivus, possessionem 
significans. 
Possessor, possessor; dominus. 
POSSET, lac calidum infuso vino, cere 
visii, etc. coagulatitm. 
POSSIBLE, quod fieri or eifici potest, 
possibilis. — Is it possible 1 qui pote . 
qui fieri potest? — All possible (as much 
as one can), by using quantus or quant; 
(all), omnes, -ia. 
Possibility, conditio; facultas. There 
is no possibility of it, fieri non potest. 
Possibly (by any means), ulla ratione, ullo 
modo : (perhaps), forsitan, foitassis, 
forte, forsan. — If I can possibly, si mi- 
hi ullo modo licuerit. 
POST (stake), palus, paxillus: (door-post), 
postis.- IT (place or office), munus. 
_ Pa he advanced to the highest posts of 
honor, summis reipublicae muneribus 
preponi.-IT (term of war), locus ; sta- 
tio (on guard) ; presidium. — To keep 
or maintain his post, locum tueri, statio- 
•nem defendere. — To desert one's post, 
stationem deserere; susceptuin ofhci- 
um deserere ( fig.)•—- ll advanced post, 
accessus propior.-If (letter carrier), 
■cursor publicus, tabellanus publicuS: 
(coach), vehiculum publicum. — The 
postmaster-general, cursuv publico pre- 
positus. — Post-house or post-office, curso- 
rum pulilicorum statio. — To ride post, 
•vehiculo publico or equis publicis uti: 
dispositis or commutatis equis iter fa- 
cere _ To send a letter by the post, per 
cursorem publicum literas mittere ; cur- 
sori publico dare literas perferendas. — 
To make post haste, accelero, festino. — 
Inposthaste, festinus.— IVithpost haste, 
equis velisque, priecipiti pennA 
To Post one's self in a place, locum ali- 
quein occupare.obtinere. (SeeTo Place.) 
_ To post one up for a coward, timidita- 
tis notnm alicui palarn inurere ; ignavia? 
macula aliquem aperte atficere. — To 
post a book, de libro in librum transcri- 
bere — To post up bills in public places, 
libellos publice propomere. — Posted on 
his guard , qui in statione est. 
’Postage, vecturas premium. 
Poster, cursor. 
IPostilion, equorum praductor: cursor 
publicus. 
POSTERIOR, posterior. 
Posteriors, partes posteriory. 
Posterity, posteritas. — Our posterity, 
posteri, pi. . , 
'POSTERN gale, janua postica, pseudo- 
'POSTHUMOUS (of a child), postumus 
(of a book), post mortem scriptons edi- 
POSTMERIDIAN, postmeridianus. 
POSTPONE (make less of), postpono, 
posthabeo. See Delay, Defer. 
POSTSCRIPT, seripti additamentum, li- 
terarum appendix. 
POSTURE, habitus, gestus ; status. — A 
posture or frame of mind, animi status. 
— A posture of affairs, rerum conditio or 
status. — Whilst things were in this pos¬ 
ture, dum ita res se habebant. — In this 
critical posture of affairs, in hoc tem¬ 
pore. 
POSY of a ring, annuli symbolum. 
POT to drink in, cantharus, calix, pocti- 
lum ; culullus : (cook in), olla. — A lit¬ 
tle pot, cyathus, pocillum. — A galli¬ 
pot, vas fictile Faventmum. — A cham- 
POU 
ber-pot, lasanum, matula.- tin earthen 
pot, fidelia, olla fictilis.- 1 great pot, 
ahenum coculum. — A water-pot, aqita- 
lis, situlus aquarius, hydria. — The 
brim of a pot, ollie labrum. — Of a pot, 
ollaris, ollarius. — Pot-ash, sal alcali- 
nus. — A pot-companion, combibo, com- 
potor. — Pot-herbs, olera, pi. — Pot¬ 
hooks, ansse ollares. — A pot-ladle, rudi- 
cula, trua. — The ladle cools the pot, cum 
fervet olla, confutat trua.- d pot-lid, 
oIUb operculum. — A put-slierd, testa. — 
Pot-bellied, ventriosus, ventricosus. 
To Pot pigeons, cnluuibas coctas butyro 
condire. 
Pottage, jus, jusculum. — Barley-pot¬ 
tage, ptisana.— Leek-pottage, jusculum 
ex porris confectum.— Thick pottage, 
pulmentarium. — To make pottage, jus 
coquere. — Of or belonging to pottage, 
pulmentaris.— Sodden in pottage, juru- 
lentiis. 
POTATION, potatio. 
POTATOES, tubera or bulbi solani (ge¬ 
nii.). 
POTENT, potens, valens, efficax. 
Potency, potentia, potestas. 
Potentate, princeps ; dynasta or dynas- 
tGS. 
POTENTIAL (in gramm.), say potent! 
alis. 
Potentially, say potentialiter. 
POTHER, turba.'— To make a pother, tur- 
bas ciere. 
To Pother, turbo. 
POTION, potio, sorbitio.- 9 love-potion, 
poculum amatorium, philtrum. — To 
give a potion, potionem adhibere or dare. 
— Having had a potion given to him, po- 
tionatus, Suet. 
POTTAGE. See under Pot. 
POTTER, figulus. — Potter's clay, argilla. 
- d potter's shop, figlina. — art, ars 
figuli. — Potter's ware, vasa fictilia, ope¬ 
ra figlina; figularia, pi. — A potter's 
wheel, rota figularis or figuli. — Of a 
potter, figularis, figlinus. 
POTTLE, quatuor libre liquidorum. 
POUCH, pera, crumena, marsupium, bul- 
ga, sacciperium. — A little pouch, peru- 
la, sacculus.- d leathern pouch, scor- 
tea. 
POULT (chicken), pullus. 
Poulterer, aviarius, pullarius. 
Poultry, pecus volatile, aves cohortales ; 
altiles. — A keeper of poultry, gallinari- 
us, gallinarum curator.- d place where 
poultry is kept, gallinarium, cavea, cors. 
— Of poultry, gallinarius, gallinaceus 
POULTICE, cataplasma. 
To Poultice, cataplasma adhibere or im- 
ponere. 
POUNCES of a hawk, accipitris ungues 
To Pounce upon, unguibus comprehen- 
dere or constringere. 
Pounced, unguibus instructus. 
POUND, libra; libra pondo, pondo 
Half a pound, selibra. — A pound and a 
half, sesquilibra. — Weighing a pound, 
libralis, librarius. — To weigh a pound, 
libram pondo valere. — Of two pounds, 
bilibris. — Of three, trilibris. — Of four, 
quadrilibris. — Of five, quinquelibralis 
— A weight of a hundred, two hundred 
&c. pounds, pondus centenarium, duce 
n:\rium, etc. — of nine hundred, pondus 
nongentarum librarurn. — A thousand 
pounds, milliarium pondus.- IT A 
pound in money, libra, mina; viginti 
solidi Anglicani.-IT A pound for 
cattle, career pecuarius. 
To Pound (bruise), pinso, contero, con 
tundo.- IT To pound cattle, pecudes 
carcere inclusas detinere. — Pounded 
carcere inclusus. 
Poundage, mulcta pro redemptione pecu 
dum carcere inclusarum soluta. 
Pounder (pestle), pistillum. 
Pounding (bruising), contusio. — Apouvd- 
ing of corn for bread, pistura.- IT A 
pounding of cattle, pecudum in carcere 
inclusio. 
POUR, fundo. — about, circumfundo. — 
— back, refundo. — To pour or let down, 
defundo. — To pour down as rain, de- 
fluo ; magnii vi decidere. — To pour in, 
infundo. — To pour often, fundito. — -To 
pour out, effundo. — out of one vessel into 
another, transfundo.— To pour upon, af- 
fundo, infundo, perfundo ; offundo. — 
You may as well pour water on a drowned 
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PRA 
mouse, ie rpie est ac si aquas in puteuin 
conjicias. 
Pouring in, infusio. —by drops, instllla 
tio. —A pouring all over, perfusio. — A 
pouring out, effusio, profusio. — front 
one vessel into another, transfusio. 
POUT, v. stomachor,'indignor; indigna- 
tionem vultu pra: se ferre ; labella pra 
stomacho projicere. — To pout at one, la- 
bellis projectis aliquem conspicere. 
Pouting fellow, morosns, stomachosus, 
indignabundus.- d pouting housewifs, 
mulier stomacbosa. 
Poutingly, labellis prominentibus or 
projectis. 
POUT (fish), asellus barbatus. 
POVERTY, paupertas, egestas ; indigen- 
tia. inopia ; pauperies, tenuitas ; rei fa- 
miliaris angusti*. — To be in poverty, 
egeo, indigeo ; inopia. laborare. — To 
fall into poverty, ad inopiam redigi or 
delabi. -— To bring into poverty, ad ino¬ 
piam reducere.-|| Compare Poor. 
POWDER, pulvis ; (as a medicine), pulvis 
medicatus. — Fine powder, pulvisculus 
— Gun-powder, pulvis pyrius. — Hair 
powder, pulvis crinalis. — Sneeiing-pow 
dcr, sternutamentum.— Sweet powder, 
pulvis odoratus. — To make into powder, 
in pulverem redigere. — Powder-mill. 
(See Mill.) — wagon, plaustrum quod 
pulverem pyrium vehit. — monkey, calo, 
cacula. 
To Powder (strew with powder), pulvere 
aliquid conspergere : (reduce to powder), 
in pulverem redigere. — Powdered, pul¬ 
vis factus. — To powder with salt, salio ; 
sale condire. — To powder the hair, pul¬ 
vere crinali crinem conspergere. — 
Powdered with sjiots, maculosus, varius, 
maculis distinctus. 
POWER (ability), potestas, facultas, co- 
pia ; ars ; potentia, virtus : (authority, 
influence), potentia, opes; auctoritas; 
imperium ; dominatus : (force), vis; ef- 
ficacia: (power of body), vis, nervi. — To 
the best of my power, pro viribus ; quan¬ 
tum in me situm est; ut potero. — Re 
knows not the power of love, quid amor 
sit, nescit. — Neither was it in my power, 
neque mihi in manu fuit, Sail. —In one’s 
power, penes aliquem. — It is in my 
power, me penes est. — It is in your 
power, in vestr-a manu situm est. — If it 
be in your power, si modo id facere pos- 
s is. — jf it mere in my power, si miln es- 
set integrum. — It is not in my power, 
non est arbitrii mei. — To give power 
(leave), permitto, sino ; copiam facere, 
facultatem concedere — As if the use o) 
power consisted in the doing of misclnej, 
proinde quasi injuriam facere, id de- 
mum esset imperio uti, Sail. — To be tit 
power or have power, valeo, polleo ; plurl- 
mum posse. —To givepower or authority, 
auctoritate munire. — Power to effect, el- 
ficientia.-IT The powers of the mind, 
animi dotes.-ITT/ie powers of Europe, 
principes or civitates Europffi. ! 
power ( great number), vis, copia mgeiis. 
— Such a power of men appeared, tanta vis 
hominum apparuit. — A power of stiver 
and gold, magna visauri et argenli.-•« 
power of people, ingens vis hominum. 
Powerful (having power), potens, po.- 
lens, opulentus, amplus ; fortis, validus. 
— The Tuscans, before the rise of the tin¬ 
man state, were a very powerful natw* 
both by sea and land, Tuscorum, ante l(o- 
manum imperium, late terra manqi-e 
opes patuere, Liv. — Very powerful, pi®- 
potens, pnepollens ; prevalens. -jm 
powerful (not endued with power), impo- 
tens.-IT Powerful (efficacious), efteax. 
— Not powerful, inefficax. 
Powerfully (with power), J a '.; 
de, vebementer : (effectually), efbcaci 
ter. 
Powerfulness, vis, potestas, potentia. 
Powerless, impotens ; debilis. 
POX, lues venerea. — The small-pox, ■ 
riolffi, pi- — The chicken-pox, variola 
pustuiis albicantibus. . 
PRACTICE, usus; usus rerum , exp 
entia ; exercitatio ; ars : (of an art, * 
usus ; usus et tractatio. - But with * 
\oho have spent all my days in the pr 
of the most laudable qualities, 
come a second nature, mihi, fi. m ,- ;l . 
setatem in optimis artibus egi, bene i 
cere jam ex consuetudine in natur 
