potiri

potiri is a Latin form of potior, meaning “(verb) get possession of, obtain (+abl./gen.); (adj., comp.) better, preferable”. It is the present passive infinitive.

It can also be a form of potio, “drink, draught; (potior) obtain”.

Found 29 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 1.2.2: perfacile esse, cum virtute omnibus praestarent, totius Galliae imperio potiri.

Terence, Eunuchus 3.5.613: Potiri, consilium volo capere una tecum.

Plautus, Rudens 1.3.191: nam hóc mi haud labórist, labórem hunc potíri,

All forms of potior (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.