potens
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Present active participle of possum (“be able (to)”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpo.tens/, [ˈpɔ.t̪ẽːs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpo.tens/, [ˈpɔː.t̪ɛns]
Audio (Classical) (file)
Adjective[edit]
potēns (genitive potentis, comparative potentior, superlative potentissimus, adverb potenter); third-declension one-termination participle
Declension[edit]
Third-declension participle.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
Nominative | potēns | potentēs | potentia | ||
Genitive | potentis | potentium | |||
Dative | potentī | potentibus | |||
Accusative | potentem | potēns | potentēs potentīs |
potentia | |
Ablative | potente potentī1 |
potentibus | |||
Vocative | potēns | potentēs | potentia |
1When used purely as an adjective.
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- potens in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- potens in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- potens in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- potens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) oligarchy: paucorum dominatio or potentia
- (ambiguous) oligarchy: paucorum dominatio or potentia
- potens in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
potens m (definite singular potensen, indefinite plural potenser, definite plural potensene)
References[edit]
- “potens” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
potens m (definite singular potensen, indefinite plural potensar, definite plural potensane)
References[edit]
- “potens” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
potens c
Declension[edit]
Declension of potens | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | potens | potensen | potenser | potenserna |
Genitive | potens | potensens | potensers | potensernas |
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