potens
Latin
Etymology
Present active participle of possum (“be able (to)”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpo.tens/, [ˈpɔt̪ẽːs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpo.tens/, [ˈpɔːt̪ens]
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Adjective
potēns (genitive potentis, comparative potentior, superlative potentissimus, adverb potenter); third-declension one-termination participle
- being able (to), able; potent, mighty, strong, powerful
- Synonyms: praevalēns, fortis, potis, validus, strēnuus, ingēns, firmus, compos
- Antonyms: dēbilis, languidus, aeger, fractus, tenuis, obnoxius, īnfirmus, inops
- potens (or compos) sui ― master of himself, self-controlled
Declension
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
- armipotēns
- astripotēns
- bellipotēns
- omnipotēns
- potentia
Descendants
- French: pouvant
- Italian: potente
- Sicilian: putenti
- Spanish: pudiente
- → English: potent
- → German: Potenz
- → Portuguese: potente
- → Romanian: potent
- → Spanish: potente
References
- “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 Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2023) Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
- potens 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)
- potens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, 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, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Latin potentia.
Noun
potens m (definite singular potensen, indefinite plural potenser, definite plural potensene)
- potency
- (mathematics) power
References
- “potens” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Latin potentia.
Noun
potens m (definite singular potensen, indefinite plural potensar, definite plural potensane)
- potency
- (mathematics) power
References
- “potens” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Etymology
From Latin potentia.
Noun
potens c
- potential, power
Declension
| Declension of potens | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | potens | potensen | potenser | potenserna |
| Genitive | potens | potensens | potensers | potensernas |
References
- potens in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- potens in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
Anagrams
- posten, stopen