"potior" meaning in Latin

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈpo.ti.or/ [Classical], [ˈpɔt̪iɔr] [Classical], /ˈpot.t͡si.or/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈpɔt̪ː͡s̪ior] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Proto-Italic *potjōs, comparative of potis (“able, capable”). Etymology templates: {{inh|la|itc-pro|*potjōs}} Proto-Italic *potjōs, {{m|la|potis||able, capable}} potis (“able, capable”) Inflection templates: {{la-adecl|potior}} Forms: potius [neuter], no-table-tags [table-tags], potior [feminine, masculine, nominative, singular], potius [neuter, nominative, singular], potiōrēs [feminine, masculine, nominative, plural], potiōra [neuter, nominative, plural], potiōris [feminine, genitive, masculine, neuter, singular], potiōrum [feminine, genitive, masculine, neuter, plural], potiōrī [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, singular], potiōribus [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], potiōrem [accusative, feminine, masculine, singular], potius [accusative, neuter, singular], potiōrēs [accusative, feminine, masculine, plural], potiōra [accusative, neuter, plural], potiōre [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, singular], potiōribus [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], potior [feminine, masculine, singular, vocative], potius [neuter, singular, vocative], potiōrēs [feminine, masculine, plural, vocative], potiōra [neuter, plural, vocative]
  1. (of persons) preferred, preferable, better Tags: declension-3
    Sense id: en-potior-la-adj-Ma3OcaxV Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 52 37 8 3
  2. (of things) better, stronger, more important, more preferable, more desirable Tags: declension-3
    Sense id: en-potior-la-adj-RBOrNM3M
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: potissimus
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /ˈpo.ti.or/ [Classical], [ˈpɔt̪iɔr] [Classical], /ˈpot.t͡si.or/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈpɔt̪ː͡s̪ior] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Proto-Italic *potjōr. Cognate to Albanian pata. Etymology templates: {{inh|la|itc-pro|*potjōr}} Proto-Italic *potjōr, {{cog|sq|pata}} Albanian pata Head templates: {{la-verb|4+.p3inf|potior}} potior (present infinitive potīrī or potīrier, perfect active potītus sum); fourth conjugation, deponent Inflection templates: {{la-conj|4+.p3inf|potior|1p_impf_actv_subj=potīrēmur/poterēmur|1s_impf_actv_subj=potīrer/poterer|2p_impf_actv_subj=potīrēminī/poterēminī|2s_impf_actv_subj=potīrēris/potīrēre/poterēris/poterēre|3p_impf_actv_subj=potīrentur/poterentur|3s_impf_actv_subj=potīrētur/poterētur}} Forms: potīrī [infinitive, present], potīrier [infinitive, present], potītus sum [active, perfect], conjugation-4 deponent [table-tags], potior [active, first-person, indicative, present, singular], potīris [active, indicative, present, second-person, singular], potīre [active, indicative, present, second-person, singular], potītur [active, indicative, present, singular, third-person], potīmur [active, first-person, indicative, plural, present], potīminī [active, indicative, plural, present, second-person], potiuntur [active, indicative, plural, present, third-person], potiēbar [active, first-person, imperfect, indicative, singular], potiēbāris [active, imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular], potiēbāre [active, imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular], potiēbātur [active, imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person], potiēbāmur [active, first-person, imperfect, indicative, plural], potiēbāminī [active, imperfect, indicative, plural, second-person], potiēbantur [active, imperfect, indicative, plural, third-person], potiar [active, first-person, future, indicative, singular], potiēris [active, future, indicative, second-person, singular], potiēre [active, future, indicative, second-person, singular], potiētur [active, future, indicative, singular, third-person], potiēmur [active, first-person, future, indicative, plural], potiēminī [active, future, indicative, plural, second-person], potientur [active, future, indicative, plural, third-person], potītus + present active indicative of sum [active, indicative, perfect], potītus + imperfect active indicative of sum [active, indicative, pluperfect], potītus + future active indicative of sum [active, future, indicative, perfect], potiar [active, first-person, present, singular, subjunctive], potiāris [active, present, second-person, singular, subjunctive], potiāre [active, present, second-person, singular, subjunctive], potiātur [active, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person], potiāmur [active, first-person, plural, present, subjunctive], potiāminī [active, plural, present, second-person, subjunctive], potiantur [active, plural, present, subjunctive, third-person], potīrer [active, first-person, imperfect, singular, subjunctive], poterer [active, first-person, imperfect, singular, subjunctive], potīrēris [active, imperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive], potīrēre [active, imperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive], poterēris [active, imperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive], poterēre [active, imperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive], potīrētur [active, imperfect, singular, subjunctive, third-person], poterētur [active, imperfect, singular, subjunctive, third-person], potīrēmur [active, first-person, imperfect, plural, subjunctive], poterēmur [active, first-person, imperfect, plural, subjunctive], potīrēminī [active, imperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive], poterēminī [active, imperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive], potīrentur [active, imperfect, plural, subjunctive, third-person], poterentur [active, imperfect, plural, subjunctive, third-person], potītus + present active subjunctive of sum [active, perfect, subjunctive], potītus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum [active, pluperfect, subjunctive], - [active, first-person, imperative, present, singular], potīre [active, imperative, present, second-person, singular], - [active, imperative, present, singular, third-person], - [active, first-person, imperative, plural, present], potīminī [active, imperative, plural, present, second-person], - [active, imperative, plural, present, third-person], - [active, first-person, future, imperative, singular], potītor [active, future, imperative, second-person, singular], potītor [active, future, imperative, singular, third-person], - [active, first-person, future, imperative, plural], - [active, future, imperative, plural, second-person], potiuntor [active, future, imperative, plural, third-person], potīrī [active, infinitive, present], potīrier [active, infinitive, present], potītum esse [active, infinitive, perfect], potītūrum esse [active, future, infinitive], - [infinitive, passive, present], - [infinitive, passive, perfect], - [future, infinitive, passive], potiēns [active, participle, present], potītus [active, participle, perfect], potītūrus [active, future, participle], - [participle, passive, present], - [participle, passive, perfect], potiendus [future, participle, passive], potiundus [future, participle, passive], potiendī [genitive, gerund, noun-from-verb], potiendō [dative, gerund, noun-from-verb], potiendum [accusative, gerund, noun-from-verb], potiendō [ablative, gerund, noun-from-verb], potītum [accusative, noun-from-verb, supine], potītū [ablative, noun-from-verb, supine]
  1. to become master of, to take possession of Tags: conjugation-4, deponent
    Sense id: en-potior-la-verb-35Zcm6rn
  2. to be master of, to have, hold, possess Tags: conjugation-4, deponent
    Sense id: en-potior-la-verb-a9hpsBxM
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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      "form": "potīrentur",
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      "form": "poterentur",
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      "tags": [
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        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "potītus + present active subjunctive of sum",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "perfect",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "potītus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "subjunctive"
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    },
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      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "present",
        "singular"
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    },
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        "third-person"
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    },
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      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "potīminī",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
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        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
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      "tags": [
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        "future",
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        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "potītor",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "future",
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "potītor",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "future",
        "imperative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "future",
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "potiuntor",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "future",
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "potīrī",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "infinitive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "potīrier",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "infinitive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "potītum esse",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "infinitive",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "potītūrum esse",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "future",
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive",
        "passive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive",
        "passive",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "infinitive",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "potiēns",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "potītus",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "participle",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "potītūrus",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "future",
        "participle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "passive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "passive",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "potiendus",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "participle",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "potiundus",
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        "future",
        "participle",
        "passive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "potiendī",
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      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "gerund",
        "noun-from-verb"
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    },
    {
      "form": "potiendō",
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        "dative",
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        "noun-from-verb"
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    },
    {
      "form": "potiendum",
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        "accusative",
        "gerund",
        "noun-from-verb"
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    },
    {
      "form": "potiendō",
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        "ablative",
        "gerund",
        "noun-from-verb"
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    },
    {
      "form": "potītum",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "noun-from-verb",
        "supine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "potītū",
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        "ablative",
        "noun-from-verb",
        "supine"
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        "2p_impf_actv_subj": "potīrēminī/poterēminī",
        "2s_impf_actv_subj": "potīrēris/potīrēre/poterēris/poterēre",
        "3p_impf_actv_subj": "potīrentur/poterentur",
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  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
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        {
          "english": "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 gains possession of a large number of cattle and men.",
          "ref": "c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 6.6",
          "text": "Caesar partitis copiis cum Gaio Fabio legato et Mārcō Crassō quaestōre celeriterque effectīs pontibus adit tripertītō, aedificia vīcōsque incendit, magnō pecoris atque hominum numerō potītur."
        }
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          "become"
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        [
          "master",
          "master"
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        [
          "take possession",
          "take possession"
        ]
      ],
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        "conjugation-4",
        "deponent"
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    },
    {
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        [
          "be",
          "be"
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        [
          "master",
          "master"
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        [
          "have",
          "have"
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        [
          "hold",
          "hold"
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        [
          "possess",
          "possess"
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      ],
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        "conjugation-4",
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  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpo.ti.or/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈpɔt̪iɔr]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpot.t͡si.or/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈpɔt̪ː͡s̪ior]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Vladimir Orel"
  ],
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}

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    {
      "form": "potiōrēs",
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        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
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        "neuter",
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        "plural"
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    {
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        "genitive",
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        "neuter",
        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "potiōrum",
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        "neuter",
        "singular"
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        "neuter",
        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "potiōrēs",
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        "feminine",
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    {
      "form": "potiōra",
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        "plural"
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    {
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        "neuter",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
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        "ablative",
        "feminine",
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        "neuter",
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    },
    {
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    {
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        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "potiōrēs",
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        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
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      "form": "potiōra",
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        "vocative"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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          "english": "[As Aeneas was] wavering [among] these [possible choices], [this] seemed to be the more preferable answer: ….\n(Aeneas considers how to end his relationship with Dido and leave Carthage.)",
          "ref": "29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.287",
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      "ipa": "[ˈpɔt̪iɔr]",
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        "Classical"
      ]
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈpot.t͡si.or/",
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈpɔt̪ː͡s̪ior]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
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}

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    "Latin fourth conjugation verbs",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin non-lemma forms",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic",
    "Latin terms inherited from Proto-Italic",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Latin terms with redundant head parameter",
    "Latin verbs",
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        "present",
        "singular"
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        "third-person"
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        "present",
        "second-person"
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        "present",
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        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "potiēbāre",
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        "second-person",
        "singular"
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    {
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    {
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        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "potiēbāminī",
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        "second-person"
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    {
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        "plural",
        "third-person"
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    {
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        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "potiēris",
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        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "potiēre",
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        "second-person",
        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "potiētur",
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
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        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
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        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "potientur",
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        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "potītus + present active indicative of sum",
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        "indicative",
        "perfect"
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    {
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        "pluperfect"
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    {
      "form": "potītus + future active indicative of sum",
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        "future",
        "indicative",
        "perfect"
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    },
    {
      "form": "potiar",
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        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "potiāris",
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        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
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    },
    {
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        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
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    {
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        "third-person"
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        "plural",
        "present",
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    },
    {
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        "present",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "potiantur",
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        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "potīrer",
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        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
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    },
    {
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        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "potīrēris",
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        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "potīrēre",
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        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "poterēris",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "imperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "poterēre",
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        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "potīrētur",
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        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "poterētur",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "potīrēmur",
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      "tags": [
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        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "poterēmur",
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        "active",
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "potīrēminī",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "poterēminī",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "potīrentur",
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      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "poterentur",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "potītus + present active subjunctive of sum",
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      "tags": [
        "active",
        "perfect",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "potītus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "pluperfect",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "potīre",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperative",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperative",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "potīminī",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "imperative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "potītor",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "future",
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "potītor",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "future",
        "imperative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "future",
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "potiuntor",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "future",
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "potīrī",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "infinitive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "potīrier",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "infinitive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "potītum esse",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "infinitive",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "potītūrum esse",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "future",
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive",
        "passive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive",
        "passive",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "infinitive",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "potiēns",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "potītus",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "participle",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "potītūrus",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "future",
        "participle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "passive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "passive",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "potiendus",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "participle",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "potiundus",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "participle",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "potiendī",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "gerund",
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "potiendō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "gerund",
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "potiendum",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "gerund",
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "potiendō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "gerund",
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "potītum",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "noun-from-verb",
        "supine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "potītū",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "noun-from-verb",
        "supine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "4+.p3inf",
        "2": "potior"
      },
      "expansion": "potior (present infinitive potīrī or potīrier, perfect active potītus sum); fourth conjugation, deponent",
      "name": "la-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "4+.p3inf",
        "1p_impf_actv_subj": "potīrēmur/poterēmur",
        "1s_impf_actv_subj": "potīrer/poterer",
        "2": "potior",
        "2p_impf_actv_subj": "potīrēminī/poterēminī",
        "2s_impf_actv_subj": "potīrēris/potīrēre/poterēris/poterēre",
        "3p_impf_actv_subj": "potīrentur/poterentur",
        "3s_impf_actv_subj": "potīrētur/poterētur"
      },
      "name": "la-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "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 gains possession of a large number of cattle and men.",
          "ref": "c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 6.6",
          "text": "Caesar partitis copiis cum Gaio Fabio legato et Mārcō Crassō quaestōre celeriterque effectīs pontibus adit tripertītō, aedificia vīcōsque incendit, magnō pecoris atque hominum numerō potītur."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to become master of, to take possession of"
      ],
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        [
          "become",
          "become"
        ],
        [
          "master",
          "master"
        ],
        [
          "take possession",
          "take possession"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "conjugation-4",
        "deponent"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to be master of, to have, hold, possess"
      ],
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        [
          "be",
          "be"
        ],
        [
          "master",
          "master"
        ],
        [
          "have",
          "have"
        ],
        [
          "hold",
          "hold"
        ],
        [
          "possess",
          "possess"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "conjugation-4",
        "deponent"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpo.ti.or/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈpɔt̪iɔr]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpot.t͡si.or/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈpɔt̪ː͡s̪ior]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Vladimir Orel"
  ],
  "word": "potior"
}

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  "categories": [
    "Latin 3-syllable words",
    "Latin comparative adjectives",
    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin non-lemma forms",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic",
    "Latin terms inherited from Proto-Italic",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Latin terms with redundant head parameter"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
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          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "poziore"
          },
          "expansion": "poziore",
          "name": "l"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: poziore"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "puzziuri"
          },
          "expansion": "puzziuri",
          "name": "l"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sicilian: puzziuri"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "itc-pro",
        "3": "*potjōs"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "potis",
        "3": "",
        "4": "able, capable"
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      "name": "m"
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Italic *potjōs, comparative of potis (“able, capable”).",
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      "form": "potius",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-adecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "potior",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "potius",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "potiōrēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "potiōra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "potiōris",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "potiōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "potiōrī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "potiōribus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "potiōrem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "potius",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "potiōrēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "potiōra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "potiōre",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "potiōribus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "potior",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "potius",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "potiōrēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "potiōra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "potior"
      },
      "name": "la-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "potissimus"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "preferred, preferable, better"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "preferred",
          "preferred"
        ],
        [
          "preferable",
          "preferable"
        ],
        [
          "better",
          "better"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of persons) preferred, preferable, better"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of persons"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "[As Aeneas was] wavering [among] these [possible choices], [this] seemed to be the more preferable answer: ….\n(Aeneas considers how to end his relationship with Dido and leave Carthage.)",
          "ref": "29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.287",
          "text": "Haec alternantī potior sententia vīsa est: …."
        }
      ],
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        "better, stronger, more important, more preferable, more desirable"
      ],
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        [
          "better",
          "better"
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        [
          "stronger",
          "stronger"
        ],
        [
          "important",
          "important"
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        [
          "preferable",
          "preferable"
        ],
        [
          "desirable",
          "desirable"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of things) better, stronger, more important, more preferable, more desirable"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of things"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpo.ti.or/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈpɔt̪iɔr]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpot.t͡si.or/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈpɔt̪ː͡s̪ior]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "potior"
}

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