"potens" meaning in Latin

See potens in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: \ˈpo.teːns\
Forms: potentēs [plural, masculine, nominative], potentēs [plural, feminine, nominative], potentia [plural, neuter, nominative], potentēs [plural, masculine, vocative], potentēs [plural, feminine, vocative], potentia [plural, neuter, vocative], potentem [singular, masculine, accusative], potentem [singular, feminine, accusative], potentēs [plural, masculine, accusative], potentēs [plural, feminine, accusative], potentia [plural, neuter, accusative], potentis [singular, masculine, genitive], potentis [singular, feminine, genitive], potentis [singular, neuter, genitive], potentium [plural, masculine, genitive], potentium [plural, feminine, genitive], potentium [plural, neuter, genitive], potentī [singular, masculine, dative], potentī [singular, feminine, dative], potentī [singular, neuter, dative], potentibus [plural, masculine, dative], potentibus [plural, feminine, dative], potentibus [plural, neuter, dative], potentī [singular, masculine, ablative], potentī [singular, feminine, ablative], potentī [singular, neuter, ablative], potentibus [plural, masculine, ablative], potentibus [plural, feminine, ablative], potentibus [plural, neuter, ablative]
  1. Se maitrisant.
    Sense id: fr-potens-la-adj-0sZ3tkGS Categories (other): Exemples en latin
  2. Maitrisant les autres, maitre de, puissant.
    Sense id: fr-potens-la-adj-RaEXylTh Categories (other): Exemples en latin
  3. Efficace, capable.
    Sense id: fr-potens-la-adj-H7NX6sNo Categories (other): Exemples en latin
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Adjectifs en latin, Lemmes en latin, Latin, Étymologies en latin incluant une reconstruction Derived forms: antepotens, bellipotens, bipotens, caelipotens, plenipotens, omnipotens, coomnipotens, potentia, potentialis, potentialiter, potestas, potentor, potentator, potentatŭs, potestas, praepotens, salipotens

Inflected forms

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "translation": "impuissant, incapable, qui ne se maitrise pas, déchainé",
      "word": "impotens"
    },
    {
      "translation": "sans maîtrise, impuissamment ; violemment",
      "word": "impotenter"
    },
    {
      "translation": "impuissance",
      "word": "impotentia"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Adjectifs en latin",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Lemmes en latin",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Latin",
      "orig": "latin",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Étymologies en latin incluant une reconstruction",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "translation": "qui l'emporte",
      "word": "antepotens"
    },
    {
      "translation": "maitre de la guerre, qui domine à la guerre",
      "word": "bellipotens"
    },
    {
      "translation": "qui a double pouvoir",
      "word": "bipotens"
    },
    {
      "translation": "maitre des cieux, qui domine le ciel",
      "word": "caelipotens"
    },
    {
      "translation": "tout-puissant",
      "word": "plenipotens"
    },
    {
      "translation": "tout-puissant, qui domine tout",
      "word": "omnipotens"
    },
    {
      "translation": "tout-puissant en même temps",
      "word": "coomnipotens"
    },
    {
      "translation": "pouvoir, puissance",
      "word": "potentia"
    },
    {
      "translation": "potentiel",
      "word": "potentialis"
    },
    {
      "translation": "beaucoup ; potentiellement",
      "word": "potentialiter"
    },
    {
      "translation": "propriété (des choses), essence, autorité établie",
      "word": "potestas"
    },
    {
      "translation": "exercer le pouvoir",
      "word": "potentor"
    },
    {
      "translation": "souverain, potentat",
      "word": "potentator"
    },
    {
      "translation": "puissance, faculté, moyens",
      "word": "potentatŭs"
    },
    {
      "translation": "maitrise, puissance",
      "word": "potestas"
    },
    {
      "translation": "très puissant",
      "word": "praepotens"
    },
    {
      "translation": "maitre de la mer, qui domine les flots",
      "word": "salipotens"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "D'un verbe *potere (« maîtriser ») ^([1]) apparenté à potis (« maitre ») et possum (« être maitre de »). Ou participe présent adjectivé ^([2]) de ce dernier verbe avec une évolution différente : *pot-sum se contracte en possum alors que *pot-ens fait régulièrement potens. Toutefois, vu la conjugaison parfois incomplète de possum (potis est pour potest), indiquant cette forme comme étant plus tardive, il semble plus raisonnable de penser que les dérivés proviennent du participe présent du verbe perdu *potere (« maîtriser »)."
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "potentēs",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "masculine",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "potentēs",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "feminine",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "potentia",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "neuter",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "potentēs",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "masculine",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "potentēs",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "feminine",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "potentia",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "neuter",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "potentem",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "masculine",
        "accusative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "potentem",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "feminine",
        "accusative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "potentēs",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "masculine",
        "accusative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "potentēs",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "feminine",
        "accusative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "potentia",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "neuter",
        "accusative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "potentis",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "masculine",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "potentis",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "feminine",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "potentis",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "neuter",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "potentium",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "masculine",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "potentium",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "feminine",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "potentium",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "neuter",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "potentī",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "masculine",
        "dative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "potentī",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "feminine",
        "dative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "potentī",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "neuter",
        "dative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "potentibus",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "masculine",
        "dative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "potentibus",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "feminine",
        "dative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "potentibus",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "neuter",
        "dative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "potentī",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "masculine",
        "ablative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "potentī",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "feminine",
        "ablative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "potentī",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "neuter",
        "ablative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "potentibus",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "masculine",
        "ablative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "potentibus",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "feminine",
        "ablative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "potentibus",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "neuter",
        "ablative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adj",
  "pos_title": "Adjectif",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Exemples en latin",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "irae potens.",
          "translation": "maitrisant sa colère."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Se maitrisant."
      ],
      "id": "fr-potens-la-adj-0sZ3tkGS"
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Exemples en latin",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "duo potentissimi reges.",
          "translation": "les deux rois les plus puissants."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Maitrisant les autres, maitre de, puissant."
      ],
      "id": "fr-potens-la-adj-RaEXylTh"
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Exemples en latin",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "fortuna in re bellica potens.",
          "translation": "la fortune, efficace en ce qui concerne la guerre."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Efficace, capable."
      ],
      "id": "fr-potens-la-adj-H7NX6sNo"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "\\ˈpo.teːns\\"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "comparative",
    "superlative"
  ],
  "word": "potens"
}

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "translation": "impuissant, incapable, qui ne se maitrise pas, déchainé",
      "word": "impotens"
    },
    {
      "translation": "sans maîtrise, impuissamment ; violemment",
      "word": "impotenter"
    },
    {
      "translation": "impuissance",
      "word": "impotentia"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "Adjectifs en latin",
    "Lemmes en latin",
    "latin",
    "Étymologies en latin incluant une reconstruction"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "translation": "qui l'emporte",
      "word": "antepotens"
    },
    {
      "translation": "maitre de la guerre, qui domine à la guerre",
      "word": "bellipotens"
    },
    {
      "translation": "qui a double pouvoir",
      "word": "bipotens"
    },
    {
      "translation": "maitre des cieux, qui domine le ciel",
      "word": "caelipotens"
    },
    {
      "translation": "tout-puissant",
      "word": "plenipotens"
    },
    {
      "translation": "tout-puissant, qui domine tout",
      "word": "omnipotens"
    },
    {
      "translation": "tout-puissant en même temps",
      "word": "coomnipotens"
    },
    {
      "translation": "pouvoir, puissance",
      "word": "potentia"
    },
    {
      "translation": "potentiel",
      "word": "potentialis"
    },
    {
      "translation": "beaucoup ; potentiellement",
      "word": "potentialiter"
    },
    {
      "translation": "propriété (des choses), essence, autorité établie",
      "word": "potestas"
    },
    {
      "translation": "exercer le pouvoir",
      "word": "potentor"
    },
    {
      "translation": "souverain, potentat",
      "word": "potentator"
    },
    {
      "translation": "puissance, faculté, moyens",
      "word": "potentatŭs"
    },
    {
      "translation": "maitrise, puissance",
      "word": "potestas"
    },
    {
      "translation": "très puissant",
      "word": "praepotens"
    },
    {
      "translation": "maitre de la mer, qui domine les flots",
      "word": "salipotens"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "D'un verbe *potere (« maîtriser ») ^([1]) apparenté à potis (« maitre ») et possum (« être maitre de »). Ou participe présent adjectivé ^([2]) de ce dernier verbe avec une évolution différente : *pot-sum se contracte en possum alors que *pot-ens fait régulièrement potens. Toutefois, vu la conjugaison parfois incomplète de possum (potis est pour potest), indiquant cette forme comme étant plus tardive, il semble plus raisonnable de penser que les dérivés proviennent du participe présent du verbe perdu *potere (« maîtriser »)."
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "potentēs",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "masculine",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "potentēs",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "feminine",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "potentia",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "neuter",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "potentēs",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "masculine",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "potentēs",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "feminine",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "potentia",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "neuter",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "potentem",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "masculine",
        "accusative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "potentem",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "feminine",
        "accusative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "potentēs",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "masculine",
        "accusative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "potentēs",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "feminine",
        "accusative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "potentia",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "neuter",
        "accusative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "potentis",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "masculine",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "potentis",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "feminine",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "potentis",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "neuter",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "potentium",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "masculine",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "potentium",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "feminine",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "potentium",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "neuter",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "potentī",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "masculine",
        "dative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "potentī",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "feminine",
        "dative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "potentī",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "neuter",
        "dative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "potentibus",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "masculine",
        "dative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "potentibus",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "feminine",
        "dative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "potentibus",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "neuter",
        "dative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "potentī",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "masculine",
        "ablative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "potentī",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "feminine",
        "ablative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "potentī",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "neuter",
        "ablative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "potentibus",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "masculine",
        "ablative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "potentibus",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "feminine",
        "ablative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "potentibus",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "neuter",
        "ablative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adj",
  "pos_title": "Adjectif",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Exemples en latin"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "irae potens.",
          "translation": "maitrisant sa colère."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Se maitrisant."
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Exemples en latin"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "duo potentissimi reges.",
          "translation": "les deux rois les plus puissants."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Maitrisant les autres, maitre de, puissant."
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Exemples en latin"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "fortuna in re bellica potens.",
          "translation": "la fortune, efficace en ce qui concerne la guerre."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Efficace, capable."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "\\ˈpo.teːns\\"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "comparative",
    "superlative"
  ],
  "word": "potens"
}

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