potior

Latin

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

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potior

1. I obtain or acquire
   • 100 BCE – 44 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 6.6:

     Caesar partitis copiis cum Gaio Fabio legato et Marco Crasso quaestore celeriterque effectis pontibus adit tripertito, aedificia vicosque incendit, magno pecoris atque hominum numero potitur.

     Caesar, having divided his forces with C. Fabius, his lieutenant, and M. Crassus his questor, and having hastily constructed some bridges, enters their country in three divisions, burns their houses and villages, and gets possession of a large number of cattle and men.

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

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Used with the ablative or genitive.

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Comparative of potis (“able, capable”)

. Cognate to Албански pata.

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

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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)