potestās ātis, f
potis.—Of persons,
ability, power, capacity, force
: in se potestatem habere tantae astutiae,
such a power of craftiness
, T.: aut potestas defuit aut
facultas.—Of things,
efficacy, force, virtue
: potestates herbarum, V.—
A power of choice, control, determination
: vitae necisque, S.: beneficiorum tribuendorum: quasi non ea potestas sit tua, ut facias,
T.: non esse in nostrā potestate, quin illa
eveniant: esse in senatūs populique
R. potestate: familiam in potestate habere,
keep in slavery
, L.: esse in suā potestate,
one's own master
, N.: eā de re ius ac
potestas,
jurisdiction and authority
, L.—
Self-control, self-command
: qui exisse ex potestate dicuntur . . . quia non sunt in
potestate mentis.—
Sovereignty, public authority, sway, power, dominion, rule, empire
: ut imperandi ius potestatemque habeat,
legal and military supremacy
: Thessaliam in potestatem Thebanorum redigere,
N.—
Magisterial power, authority, office, magistracy
: praetoria: ut bonā ratione emerit, nihil pro
potestate, i. e.
by official pressure
: ita potestatem gerere, ut, etc.,
so to administer the office.—Power, ability, possibility,
opportunity
: liberius vivendi, T.: quotiens mihi certorum hominum potestas erit,
whenever I find men on whom I can rely
: si quid dicere vellet, feci potestatem, i. e.
accorded permission
: quae potestas si mihi saepius fiet, utar,
shall present itself
: ut respondendi tibi potestatem faciam: omnium mihi
litterarum fieri potestatem oportere,
must be allowed access to
: potestatem sui facere,
allow themselves to be spoken to
: facere omnibus conveniendi sui potestatem,
admit to an audience
: decernendi potestatem Pompeio fecit,
an opportunity for a decisive engagement
, Cs.: sui potestatem facere,
opportunity to fight
, Cs.: potestas, virtutem vestram
ostendere, L.: Non fugis, dum praecipitare
potestas, V.—
A person in office, public officer, magistrate, ruler
: ab aliquā potestate legitimā
evocatus,
by some lawful authority
: imperia et potestates,
military and civil officers
: mavis Fidenarum esse potestas, Iu.:
hominum rerumque aeterna, i. e.
Jupiter
, V.