potiora

potiora is a Latin form of potis, meaning “able, capable”. It is the nominative plural neuter comparative adjective or vocative plural neuter comparative adjective or accusative plural neuter comparative adjective.

Found 37 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Civili 1.8: … e causa egerit, in suam contumeliam vertat. Semper se rei publicae commoda privatis necessitudinibus habuisse potiora. Caesarem quoque pro sua dignitate debere et studium et iracundiam suam rei publicae dimittere neque adeo gra …

Plautus, Menaechmi 5.6.971: potióra esse, cuí cor modéste sitúmst.

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.