potis
potis or pote
adj. indecl. with comp. potior, potius, and
sup. potissimus
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"definition": "I. Posit, \n able, capable\n (with \n es or est\n ): Potin ut desinas (sc. es)? \n Can you stop?\n \n T.: dum potis (es), aridum Compone lignum,\n H.: At non Euandrum potis est vis ulla\n tenere, V.—\n Possible\n : nihil potis supra, \n nothing could exceed it\n , T.: ubi Nec potis est\n fluctūs aequare sequendo, V.: quantum\n pote, \n as soon as possible\n .—",
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"definition": "II. Comp., of persons, \n better, preferable, superior\n : ut sit potior, qui prior ad dandumst,\n T.: cives potiores quam peregrini: heres,\n L.: qui potior nunc es, Tb.—Of\n things, \n better, preferable, more useful, more important\n : Novistine locum potiorem rure beato?\n H.: mors civibus semper fuit servitute potior: nihil mihi\n fuit potius quam ut, etc., \n more urgent\n : semper se rei p. commoda privatis necessitatibus habuisse\n potiora, Cs.: potiora quaedam\n agere, \n more important matters\n , Cu. —",
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"definition": "III. Sup, \n chief, principal, most prominent, strongest\n : quae dubia nisu videbantur, potissumus temptare, \n foremost\n , S.: quid potissimum sit, quaeritur:\n causa, Ta.: potissimi libertorum,\n Ta.",
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