Latin

Verb

possideō ‎(present infinitive possidēre, perfect active possēdī, supine possessum); second conjugation

1. I have, hold, own, possess.
2. I possess lands, have possessions.
3. I take control or possession of, seize, occupy.
4. I occupy, inhabit, abide.

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See also

• possīdō

References

• possideo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• possideo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “possideo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to possess means, to be well off: rem or opes habere, bona possidere, in bonis esse