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pŏtentĭa , ae, f. potens,
I.might, force, power.
B. Transf., efficacy, virtue (poet. and in postAug. prose): “herbarum,Ov. M. 1, 522: “dictamni,Plin. 25, 8, 53, § 94: “potentia achatae contra scorpiones,id. 37, 10, 54, § 142: “aquarum,id. 31, 1, 1, § 1.—
II. Trop.
A. In gen., ability, faculty, capacity (post-class.): “supra humanam potentiam magnitudine animi praeditus,Just. 12, 16, 1: “facultas videndi,Cels. 7, 7, 13 fin.: “audiendi,id. 7, 8: “loquendi,id. 7, 12, 4.—
B. Political power, authority, sway, influence (class.): “potentia est ad sua conservanda et alterius obtinenda idonearum rerum facultas,Cic. Inv. 2, 56, 169: “postquam divitiae honori esse coeperunt, et eas gloria, imperium, potentia sequebatur,Sall. C. 12, 1; Caes. B. G. 6, 14: “erant in magnā potentiā, qui consulebantur,were in great authority, Cic. Mur. 11, 25: “potentiam alicujus criminari,id. Mil. 5, 12: “singularis,the rule of an individual, monarchical power, Nep. Dion, 9, 5: “rerum,supreme dominion, sovereignty, Ov. M. 2, 259.—In plur.: “contra periculosissimas hominum potentias,Cic. Cael. 9, 22.—
III. In abl.: potentiā, virtually, Boethius, Analyt. Post. 1, 24.
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    • A. Cornelius Celsus, De Medicina, 7.8
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 21, 54
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