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potestates

potestates is a Latin form of potestas, meaning “power, authority; ability, opportunity (to do something)”. It is the accusative plural feminine noun or nominative plural feminine noun or vocative plural feminine noun.

Found 45 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, De Republica 3.24: … um cuique reddere, sacra, publica, aliena non tangere. Quid igitur efficitur, si sapientiae pareas? divitiae, potestates, opes, honores, imperia, regna vel privatis vel populis. Sed quoniam de re publica loquimur, sunt inlustriora …

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.