potior, potiris, potiri I, potitus sum (Dep.) Verb

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Translations

  1. to obtain
  2. to acquire
  3. to grasp
  4. to attain
  5. to reach (goal)

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I-Conjugation (4)

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
1.
2.
3.
Future subjunctive forms do not exist. The subjunctive only exists in the four other tenses.

Infinitives

Active Passive
Simult. (Present) potirepotiri
Anter. (Perfect) -potitum esse
Post. (Future) potiturum essepotitum iri

Participles

Sg. Masculine Feminine Neuter
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
Nom. potire
Gen. potiendi
Dat. potiendo
Acc. potiendum
Voc. potire
Abl. potiendo

Gerundive

Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nom.
Gen.
Dat.
Acc.
Voc.
Abl.

Imperatives & Supina

Singular Plural
Imperative poti!potite!
Supinum
Type I potitum
Type II potitū

Example Sentences

Gaius Julius Caesar

Quod nisi nox proelium diremisset, tota classe hostium Caesar potitus esset.

~ Caesar, Incerti Avctoris De Bello Alexandrino Liber
Publius Ovidius Naso

nova fert animus mutatas dicere formas corpora; di, coeptis (nam vos mutastis et illas) adspirate meis primaque ab

~ Ovid, Metamorphoses I
Hyginus

te studio grammaticae artis inductum, non solum versuum moderatione, quam pauci perviderunt, sed historiarum

~ Hyginus, De Astronomia I
Quintus Horatius Flaccus

fit, Maecenas, ut nemo, quam sibi sortem seu ratio dederit seu fors obiecerit, illa contentus vivat, laudet

~ Horace, Sermonum Liber I

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