Latin

Adjective

potēns m, f, n ‎(genitive potentis); third declension

1. being able (to), able; potent, mighty, strong, powerful

Inflection

Third declension.

¹When used purely as an adjective.

• comparative: potentior, superlative: potentissimus

Derived terms

• bellipotēns
• omnipotēns

Descendants

References

• potens in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• potens in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• POTENS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “potens”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) oligarchy: paucorum dominatio or potentia
    
• potens in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin potentia

Noun

potens m ‎(definite singular potensen, indefinite plural potenser, definite plural potensene)

1. potency
2. (mathematics) power

References

• “potens” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin potentia

Noun

potens m ‎(definite singular potensen, indefinite plural potensar, definite plural potensane)

1. potency
2. (mathematics) power

References

• “potens” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.