possem

possem is a Latin form of possum, meaning “be able, can”. It is the 1st person singular imperfect active subjunctive.

Found 297 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, Pro S. Roscio Amerino 5: … huic causae patronus exstiti, non electus unus qui maximo ingenio sed relictus ex omnibus qui minimo periculo possem dicere, neque uti satis firmo praesidio defensus Sex. Roscius verum uti ne omnino desertus esset. forsitan qu …

Vergil, Aeneid 12.880: condicio? Possem tantos finire dolores

All forms of possum (conjugation table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.