potentem

potentem is a Latin form of possum, meaning “be able, can”. It is the present active participle accusative singular feminine.

It can also be a form of potens, “powerful, able, capable; master of (+gen.)”.

Found 75 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, Pro S. Roscio Amerino 135: … rum videtis, iudices; videtis ut omnis despiciat, ut hominem prae se neminem putet, ut se solum beatum, solum potentem putet. quae vero efficiat et quae conetur si velim commemorare, vereor, iudices, ne quis imperitior existimet …

Boethius, De consolatione philosophiae 3.P5: … d nequeunt; dehinc de potestate gloriantur. An tu potentem censes quem uideas uelle quod non possit efficere? Potentem censes qui satellite latus ambit, qui quos terret ipse plus metuit, qui ut potens esse uideatur, in seruienti …

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.