Potentia

See also: potentia

Latin

Etymology

From potentia (“force, power”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /poˈten.ti.a/, [pɔˈt̪ɛn̪t̪iä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /poˈten.t͡si.a/, [poˈt̪ɛnt̪͡s̪iä]

Proper noun

Potentia f sg (genitive Potentiae); first declension

1. A city in interior Lucania, situated in the valley of the Casuentus, now Potenza
2. A town in Picenum, situated on the coast of the Adriatic Sea, now Potenza Picena

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Potentia
Genitive	Potentiae
Dative	Potentiae
Accusative	Potentiam
Ablative	Potentiā
Vocative	Potentia
Locative	Potentiae

Derived terms

• Potentīnus

References

• “Potentia”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• Potentia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.