Latin

Noun

potentia f ‎(genitive potentiae); first declension

1. force, power, might
2. ability, capacity
3. political power, authority, influence, sway

Inflection

First declension.

Synonyms

• potestas

Derived terms

• potentiālis
• potentiāliter

Related terms

• possum
• potēns
• potenter

Descendants

Participle

potentia

1. nominative neuter plural of potēns
2. accusative neuter plural of potēns
3. vocative neuter plural of potēns

References

• potentia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• potentia in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• POTENTIA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “potentia”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to acquire influence: opes, gratiam, potentiam consequi
    
  • (ambiguous) oligarchy: paucorum dominatio or potentia
    
• potentia in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• potentia in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• potentia in William Smith., editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• potentia in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976) The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press