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potestatem

potestatem is a Latin form of potestas, meaning “power, authority; ability, opportunity (to do something)”. It is the accusative singular feminine noun.

Found 527 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 1.16.5: … o magistratui praeerat, quem vergobretum appellant Haedui, qui creatur annuus et vitae necisque in suos habet potestatem, graviter eos accusat,

All forms of potestas (declension 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.