potis

pot-is uital.-lat.

Aus uital *potis, aus uig. *pótis „Besitzer, Herr, Gastgeber, Ehemann“. Verwandt mit alb. pata, agrie. πόσις pósis, Sanskrit पति páti.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpo.tis/, [ˈpɔt̪ɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpo.tis/, [ˈpɔːt̪is]

potis lat.

Adjective

potis m or f (neuter potis or pote, comparative potior, superlative potissimus)

1. able, capable, possible [ synonyms, antonyms ▲][ quotations ▼]

   Synonyms: praevalēns, fortis, potēns, validus, strēnuus, ingēns, firmus, compos

   Antonyms: dēbilis, languidus, aeger, fractus, tenuis, īnfirmus, obnoxius, inops

Declension

Rarely inflected in the positive sense and then only by gender with potis for masculine and feminine gender and pote for neuter gender. The declension below is an extrapolation. Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	potis	pote		potēs	potia
Genitive	potis			potium
Dative	potī			potibus
Accusative	potem	pote		potēs potīs	potia
Ablative	potī			potibus
Vocative	potis	pote		potēs	potia

Derived terms

• compos
• impos
• possideō
• possum
• potestās
• potior