potentia

See also: Potentia

Latin

Etymology

From potēns +‎ -ia.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

potentia f (genitive potentiae); first declension

1. force, power, might
2. ability, capacity
3. political power, authority, influence, sway
4. crutch, walking aid (Middle Latin only)

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	potentia	potentiae
Genitive	potentiae	potentiārum
Dative	potentiae	potentiīs
Accusative	potentiam	potentiās
Ablative	potentiā	potentiīs
Vocative	potentia	potentiae

Synonyms

• potestas

Derived terms

• potentiālis
• potentiāliter

Related terms

• possum
• potēns
• potenter

Descendants

• Asturian: pudencia, potencia
• English: in potentia, potency, potence
• French: potence
• Italian: potenza
• Portuguese: potência

• Romanian: potență, putință
• Russian: потенция (potencija)
• Spanish: potencia

Participle

(deprecated template usage) potentia

1. nominative neuter plural of potēns
2. accusative neuter plural of potēns
3. vocative neuter plural of potēns

References

• “potentia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “potentia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• potentia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• potentia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to acquire influence: opes, gratiam, potentiam consequi
    
  • (ambiguous) oligarchy: paucorum dominatio or potentia
    
• “potentia”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• potentia in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• “potentia”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• “potentia”, in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976), The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press