potior

Latin

===Pronunciation

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• (Classical) МФА^(кључ): /ˈpo.ti.or/, [ˈpɔ.t̪i.ɔr]

===Etymology

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====Verb

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potior

1. I obtain or acquire
2. I grasp
3. I attain
4. I seize or capture
5. I control

=====Usage notes

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Used with the ablative or genitive.

=====Conjugation

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Conjugation of potior (fourth conjugation, deponent)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	potior	potīris, potīre	potītur	potīmur	potīminī	potiuntur
	imperfect	potiēbar	potiēbāris, potiēbāre	potiēbātur	potiēbāmur	potiēbāminī	potiēbantur
	future	potiar	potiēris, potiēre	potiētur	potiēmur	potiēminī	potientur
	perfect	potītus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	potītus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	potītus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	potiar	potiāris, potiāre	potiātur	potiāmur	potiāminī	potiantur
	imperfect	potīrer	potīrēris, potīrēre	potīrētur	potīrēmur	potīrēminī	potīrentur
	perfect	potītus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	potītus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	potīre	—	—	potīminī	—
	future	—	potītor	potītor	—	—	potiuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		potīrī, potīrier1	potītum esse	potītūrum esse	—	—	—
participles		potiēns	potītus	potītūrus	—	—	potiendus, potiundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		potiendī	potiendō	potiendum	potiendō	potītum	potītū

¹The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested for this verb.

===Etymology

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Comparative of potis (“able, capable”). Cognate to Албански pata.

====Adjective

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1. more able, capable; more possible; more preferable

=====Declension

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Third-declension comparative adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	potior	potius		potiōrēs	potiōra
Genitive	potiōris			potiōrum
Dative	potiōrī			potiōribus
Accusative	potiōrem	potius		potiōrēs	potiōra
Ablative	potiōre			potiōribus
Vocative	potior	potius		potiōrēs	potiōra

===References

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• “potior”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “potior”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• potior in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• potior in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (1) to usurp supreme power, (2) to be in a position of power: rerum potiri
    
  • to conquer a country: terra potiri
    
  • (ambiguous) there is nothing I am more interested in than..: nihil antiquius or prius habeo quam ut (nihil mihi antiquius or potius est, quam ut)
    
• potior in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016