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potiorem

potiorem is a Latin form of potis, meaning “able, capable”. It is the accusative singular masculine comparative adjective or accusative singular feminine comparative adjective.

Found 39 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Civili 1.9: … tollere atque omnem Italiam metu liberare possint. Sibi semper primam rei publicae fuisse dignitatem vitaque potiorem. Doluisse se, quod populi Romani beneficium sibi per contumeliam ab inimicis extorqueretur, ereptoque semenst …

Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes 2.20: … Ne me óccidentem mátris superet cáritas. Huc árripe ad me mánibus abstractám piis; Iam cérnam, mene an íllam potiorém putes.

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.