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possidet

possidet is a Latin form of possideo, meaning “possess, own, hold”. It is the 3rd person singular present active indicative.

Found 80 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, Pro S. Roscio Amerino 21: … imi nobilitatis; manceps fit Chrysogonus; tria praedia vel nobilissima Capitoni propria traduntur, quae hodie possidet; in reliquas omnis fortunas iste T. Titus Roscius nomine Chrysogoni, quem ad modum ipse dicit, impetum facit. …

Ovid, Amores 3.8.54: Possidet inventas sanguine miles opes.

All forms of possideo (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.