possum
Appearance
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Sistem
Derived from opossum by apheresis.
Pronunciation
Noun
possum (plural possums)
- (US) An opossum, a marsupial of the family Didelphidae of the Americas.
- Any of the marsupials in several families of the order Diprotodontia of Australia and neighboring islands.
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Translations
opossum — see opossum
any of the marsupials in several families of the order Diprotodontia of Australia and neighboring islands
See also
- possum na Vikipediji.Vikipediji
- Diprotodontia na Vikipediji.Vikipediji
- Didelphidae na Vikipediji.Vikipediji
References
- ↑ “possum” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- ↑ “possum” in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary.
Latin
Etymology
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From potis (“able, capable”) + sum (“I am”).
Pronunciation
- () MFA(ključ): /ˈpos.sum/, [ˈpɔs̠ːʊ̃ˑ]
- () MFA(ključ): /ˈpos.sum/, [ˈpɔsːum]
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Verb
possum
- I am able, can
- Tunc, modo edere non potuit.
- At that time, he just hasn't been able to eat.
- Possum Latine loqui.
- I am able to speak in Latin.
- Potesne mihi succurrere, quaeso?
- Can you help me please?
- Si probare possemus Ligarium in Āfricā omnino non fuisse.
- If we could prove that Ligarius was not at all in Africa.
- Tunc, modo edere non potuit.
Conjugation
This verb is irregular, but resembles sum prefixed with pot-. Several contractions and simplifications occur, however: -ts- → -ss-, -tf- → -t-, -tess- → -ss-.
- Some passive forms are attested in ante-classical authors (e.g. potestur, poteratur, possitur, possetur).
Quotations
Derived terms
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Descendants
- Engleski: in posse, power
- Vulgar Latin: *posso (see there for further descendants)
- Francuski: pouvoir
References
- “possum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “possum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- possum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to give a man the opportunity of doing a thing: facultatem alicui dare alicuius rei or ut possit...
- I cannot make myself believe that..: non possum adduci, ut (credam)
- I cannot bring myself to..: a me impetrare non possum, ut
- he is a young man of great promise: adulescens alios bene de se sperare iubet, bonam spem ostendit or alii de adulescente bene sperare possunt
- I have exhausted all my material: copiam quam potui persecutus sum
- movable, personal property: res, quae moveri possunt; res moventes (Liv. 5. 25. 6)
- to isolate a witness: aliquem a ceteris separare et in arcam conicere ne quis cum eo colloqui possit (Mil. 22. 60)
- men of military age: qui arma ferre possunt or iuventus
- men exempt from service owing to age: qui per aetatem arma ferre non possunt or aetate ad bellum inutiles
- by the longest possible forced marches: quam maximis itineribus (potest)
- this can be said of..., applies to..: hoc dici potest de aliqua re
- this can be said of..., applies to..: hoc transferri potest in aliquid
- I cannot find words for..: dici vix (non) potest or vix potest dici (vix like non always before potest)
- without wishing to boast, yet..: quod vere praedicare possum
- that is self-evident, goes without saying: hoc facile intellegi potest
- from this it appears, is apparent: ex quo intellegitur or intellegi potest, debet
- (ambiguous) to be scarcely able to restrain one's laughter: risum tenere vix posse
- (ambiguous) to be scarcely able to restrain one's laughter: risum aegre continere posse
- (ambiguous) to be hardly able to restrain one's tears: lacrimas tenere non posse
- (ambiguous) to be hardly able to restrain one's tears: fletum cohibere non posse
- (ambiguous) to be unable to speak for emotion: prae lacrimis loqui non posse
- (ambiguous) to be unable to sleep: somnum capere non posse
- (ambiguous) to have great influence with a person; to have considerable weight: multum auctoritate valere, posse apud aliquem
- (ambiguous) to have great weight as a speaker: multum dicendo valere, posse
- (ambiguous) to be unable to say all one wants: verbis non omnia exsequi posse
- (ambiguous) to have a powerful navy: navibus plurimum posse
- to give a man the opportunity of doing a thing: facultatem alicui dare alicuius rei or ut possit...
- possum in Ramminger, Johann (2016 jul 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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