potens

Present active participle of possum (“be able (to)”).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpo.tens/, [ˈpɔ.tẽːs]

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potēns m or f or n (genitive potentis); third declension

1. being able (to), able; potent, mighty, strong, powerful

Third declension.

¹When used purely as an adjective.

• comparative: potentior, superlative: potentissimus

• armipotēns
• astripotēns
• bellipotēns
• omnipotēns

• potens in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• potens in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• potens in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• potens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) oligarchy: paucorum dominatio or potentia
    
• potens in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

From Latin potentia

potens m (definite singular potensen, indefinite plural potenser, definite plural potensene)

1. potency
2. (mathematics) power

• “potens” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Latin potentia

potens m (definite singular potensen, indefinite plural potensar, definite plural potensane)

1. potency
2. (mathematics) power

• “potens” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.