potior, potieris, potii C, potitus sum (Dep.) Verb
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Consonant Conjugation (3)
This is a deponent verb. It gave up ("deponere") its active forms (even though they still exist). Such verbs occur in passive voice but are translated in active voice.
For example: "loquor" (Form analysis: 1. Person Sg. Present Passive, "to say") translates to: "I say", NOT "I am said" because it is a deponent verb.
Tenses
Person | Singular | Plural |
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1. | ||
2. | ||
3. |
Infinitives
Active | Passive | |
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Simult. (Present) | potiere | potii |
Anter. (Perfect) | - | potitum esse |
Post. (Future) | potiturum esse | potitum iri |
Participles
Sg. | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
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Nom. | |||
Gen. | |||
Dat. | |||
Acc. | |||
Voc. | |||
Abl. | |||
Pl. | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nom. | |||
Gen. | |||
Dat. | |||
Acc. | |||
Voc. | |||
Abl. |
Gerund
Gerund forms only exist in singular.
Sg. | Gerund |
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Nom. | potiere |
Gen. | potiendi |
Dat. | potiendo |
Acc. | potiendum |
Voc. | potiere |
Abl. | potiendo |
Gerundive
Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
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Nom. | |||
Gen. | |||
Dat. | |||
Acc. | |||
Voc. | |||
Abl. |
Imperatives & Supina
Singular | Plural | |
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Imperative | potie! | potiite! |
Supinum | |
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Type I | potitum |
Type II | potitū |
Example Sentences
ncredibilis rerum fama occupat auris, Priamiden Helenum Graias regnare per urbis coniugio Aeacidae Pyrrhi sceptrisque potitum, et patrio Andromachen iterum cessisse marito.
~ Vergil, P. i Maronis Aeneidos Liber Tertivsverum est, quod de illo dixit Gallio noster: 'cum diceret, rerum potiebatur; adeo omnes imperata faciebant: cum ille voluerat, irascebantur, (flebant, miserebantur).
~ Seneca the Elder, Liber IIITum Iugurtha patratis consiliis, postquam omnis Numidiae potiebatur, in otio facinus suum cum animo reputans timere populum Romanum neque adversus iram eius usquam nisi in avari
~ Sallust, Bellum Iugurthinumhaurire cruorem, utque tui mihi sit, fiat tibi copia nostri: te tamen adgrediar mecumque reducere nitar tamque tuis potiar (faveat Fortuna) sagittis, quam sum Dardanio, quem cepi, vate potitus, quam responsa deum Troianaque fata
~ Ovid, Metamorphoses XIIIFind more Latin text passages in the Latin is Simple Library
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