pocillum
ī, n dim. poculum, a little cup : mulsi, L.

poculum
ī, n PO-, a drinking-vessel, cup, goblet, bowl, beaker : haec argento circumcludunt atque pro poculis utuntur, Cs.: ducere, H.: poscunt maioribus poculis (sc. bibere), out of goblets : stantem extra pocula caprum, i. e. in relief , Iu.
A drink, draught, potion : uxori cum poculum dedisset, i. e. the poison : ad insidiosa vocatus pocula, O.: amoris, i. e. a philter , H.: pocula praegustare, Iu.
A drinking-bout, carouse : immania: sermo, qui adhibetur in poculo, while drinking : inter pocula laeti, V.

podagra
ae, f , ποδάγρα, the gout, podagra: dolores podagrae: turpes podagrae, V.: nodosa, O.: locuples, Iu.

podex
icis, m the fundament, anus, H., Iu.

podium
ī, n , πόδιον, an elevated place, height.
Esp., in the circus, a balcony: omnes ad podium spectantes, Iu.

Poecile
es, f , Ποικίλη (στοά), the picture gallery, frescoed hall in the market-place of Athens, N.

poema
atis （dat. and abl plur. poëmatis, C.), n , ποίημα, a composition in verse, poem: poëmata (opp. oratio), poetry: tenerum, passage: poëma facere: Graecum condere: pangere, H.

poena
ae, f , ποινή, indemnification, compensation, recompense, retribution, satisfaction, expiation, punishment, penalty, price : Syrus mihi tergo poenas pendet, T.: arbitros dat, qui poenam constituant, Cs.: Tu mihi poenas Persolves amborum, V.: poenas pendo temeritatis meae: poenas pro civibus capere, S.: numen in omne nomen Albanum expetiturum poenas, L.: morte poenas sceleris effugere: poenam dignam suo scelere suscipere: parentum poenas a filiis repetere: falsarum litterarum: poenarum ex inimicis satis est, L.: peccatis qui poenas inroget aequas, H.: dat poenas, i. e. suffers for it, Iu.: nec fuerat poena videre, etc., punishable, Pr.
Person., the goddess of punishment, Vengeance, C.
Plur, avenging Furies, C., O.

Poeni
ōrum, m the Carthaginians (as of Phoenician origin), C., V.
Sing, the Carthaginian, i. e. Hannibal.
Sing. collect.: Poenus advena, L.: uterque Poenus, i. e. Carthaginians in Africa and Spain, H.

Poeninus
adj. Penninus, from Celtic pen (peak), became Poeninus, as if from Poenus, after Hannibal's passage, Pennine (of the Alps, from the Great St. Bernhard to the St. Gotthard), L.

poenitens
see paenit-.

Poenus
ī, see Poeni.

Poenus
adj., Punic, Carthaginian, V.

poesis
is, f , ποίησις, a poem, poetry: amatoria, H.

poeta
ae, m , ποιήτης, a poet: oratores et poëtae, prose-writers and poets: ingeniosus: Grai poetae, V.: pictores atque poëtae, H.: summus, minimus, Iu.

poetica
ae (C.), and poēticē, es (N.), f , ποιητική, the poetic art, poetry, poesy.

poetice
adv. poëticus, in the manner of poets, poetically : loqui (dub.).

poeticus
adj. , ποιητικός, poetic, poetical. verbum: di, represented by the poets: quadrigae: mella, H.

poetria
ae, f , ποιήτρια, a poet, female poet: fabularum, C., O.

pol
interj. Pollux, by Pollux! indeed! truly! Enn. ap. C.; T., H.: certo pol, most assuredly , T.: sane pol, T.: pol vero, T.

polenta
ae, f 1 PAL-, peeled barley, pearl-barley , O., Cu.

polio
īre （imperf. polibant, V.), īvī, ītus, to smooth, furbish, polish: rogum asciā, C. (XII Tabb.): pulvinar Indo dente, Ct.
To adorn, decorate, embellish: Aegida squamis, V.: domus polita, well-ordered, Ph.
Fig., to polish, refine, improve, adorn: ignarus poliendae orationis: materiam versibus senariis, Ph.: carmina, O.

polite
adv. with comp. politus, in a polished manner, elegantly, with taste : dicere: scribere: politius limare.

politia
ae, f , πολιτεία, the State, Constitution (a work of Plato).

politicus
adj. , πολιτικός, of civil polity, relating to the State, political: philosophi.

politus
adj. with comp. and sup. P. of polio, polished, accomplished, refined, cultivated, polite : homo ex scholā: oratio: politioris humanitatis expers: doctrinā politissimus.

pollen
inis, n 1 PAL-, fine flour, mill-dust , T.

pollens
entis, adj. P. of polleo, strong, able, powerful, thriving : animus abunde, S.: herbae, O.: viribus, S.: equo, O.

polleo
—, —, ēre pote+valeo, to be strong, be powerful, flourish, thrive, be able, prevail, avail : quanto magis potes pollesque, L. (old form.): in re p. plurimum, Cs.: terrā marique, L.: tantum series pollet, H.: quantum in hac urbe polleat servire, etc.

pollex
icis, m the thumb, C., V., H., O.: clavi digiti pollicis crassitudine, Cs.: utroque laudare pollice ludum (approbation being expressed by closing the thumb upon the fingers), H.: verso pollice volgus Quem iubet occidunt (disapproval being expressed by extending the thumb), Iu.

polliceor
itus, ērī, dep. pro+liceor, to hold forth, offer, promise : liberaliter pollicitus eos remittit, with large promises , Cs.: de meā (voluntate): tibi custodias: servos in quaestionem: mirandum in modum: pollicitus est, sibi eam rem curae futuram, Cs.: divisurum se urbem: modo Qui sum pollicitus ducere, T.: obsides dare, Cs.
Prov.: montes auri, i. e. boundless wealth , T.: maria montīsque, S.
P. pass. : pollicita fides, O.

pollicitatio
ōnis, f pollicitor, a promising, promise : hinc pollicitationes aufer, T.: Bomilcarem multis pollicitationibus adgredi, S.: huic magnis pollicitationibus persuadet, ut, etc., Cs.

pollicitor
ātus, ārī, freq. polliceor, to promise : pollicitans et nihil ferens, T.: pollicitando incendere (plebem), S.

pollicitum
ī, n P. n. of polliceor, a promise, pledge : Polliciti fidem temptat, O.: Hanc pollicitis corrumpe, O.

polluo
uī, ūtus, ere pro+luo, to soil, defile, stain, foul, pollute : ore dapes, V.: ora cruore, O.
Fig., to defile, pollute, contaminate, violate, dishonor, desecrate : iura scelere: stupro religionis: Iovem, Pr.: tragico pollutus concubitu, Iu.: polluta pax, V.

pollutus
adj. P. of polluo, polluted, unchaste : femina, L.: princeps, Ta.

Pollux
ūcis, m , Πολυδεύκης, a son of Tyndarus and Leda, twin brother of Castor, C., V., H.: geminus Pollux, i. e. Castor and Pollux, H.

polus
ī, m , πόλος, an end of an axis, pole: rotatis polis, O.: glacialis, the north pole, O.: australis, O.
The heavens, sky, celestial vault: lucidus, V.: rotundus, H.: inmensus, O.

Polyhymnia
ae, f , Πολύμνια (rich in song), one of the Muses, H., O.

polypus
ī, m , πολύπους, a polypus, sea polypus, O.
A tumor in the nose, polypus, H.

pomarius
adj. pomum, of fruit, of fruittrees .
As subst m., a fruiterer , H.
As subst n., a fruit-garden, orchard , C., H., O.

pomeridianus
see postmeridianus.

pomerium
ī, n post+ moerus (i. e. murus), an open space around a city, within and without the walls , L., Ta.: de pomoeri iure: intra pomeria, i. e. in the city , Iu.

pomifer
era, erum, adj. pomum+1 FER-, fruit-bearing, fruit-bringing : annus, H.

pomoerium
see pomerium.

Pomona
ae, f pomum, the goddess of fruit and fruit-trees, Pomona , O.

pomosus
adj. pomum, abounding in fruit : horti, Tb.: corona, a chaplet of fruits , Pr.

pompa
ae, f , πομπή, a solemn procession, public procession, parade: in pompā ferri: sollemnīs ducere pompas Ad delubra, V.: in foro pompa constitit, L.: pompam funeris ire, attend a funeral, O.: pomparum ferculis similes esse, i. e. as slow as: Circus erit pompā celeber, O.
A train, suit, retinue, row, array: tua, T.: haec lictorum: captivorum, Iu.
Parade, display, ostentation, pomp: rhetorum: genus orationis pompae quam pugnae aptius.

Pompeius
(trisyl.), a, a gentile name.
As adj., of a Pompey, Cs., C., O.
Esp., Cn. Pompeius Magnus, the triumvir, Cs., C.

pompilus
ī, m , πομπίλος, a sea-fish, pilotfish, rudder-fish, O.

pomum
ī, n 3 PV-, a fruit, tree-fruit, orchard-fruit : Poeniceum, pomegranate , O.
Plur., V., H.

pomus
ī, f 3 PV-, a fruit-tree , Tb.

pondero
āvī, ātus, āre pondus, to weigh : amatorum sinūs, i. e. value the pockets , Pr.
Fig., to weigh, ponder, consider, reflect : quid posset: verborum delectum aurium iudicio: si causae non ratione, sed verbis, ponderantur.

ponderosus
adj. pondus, weighty, full of meaning : epistula.

pondo
adv. old abl; cf. pondus, by weight, in weight : coronam libram pondo decernere, weighing a pound , L.
Ellipt ., with numerals, by weight , pounds (sc. libra): auri quinque pondo abstulit: argenti pondo viginti milia, Cs.

pondus
eris, n PAND-, a weight : pondera ab Gallis adlata iniqua, L.: taleae ferreae ad certum pondus examinatae, Cs.
A heavy body, weight, mass, load, burden : in terram feruntur omnia suo nutu pondera: innumerabile auri: magnum argenti, Cs.: immania pondera baltei, V.: gravis maturo pondere venter, O.
Weight, gravity, heaviness : gravitate ferri et pondere: magni ponderis saxa, Cs.
Plur, balance, equilibrium : pendebat in aëre tellus Ponderibus librata suis, O.: trans pondera dextram Porrigere, out of balance , i. e. so as to fall over , H.
Fig., weight, consequence, importance, consideration, influence, authority : si tutoris auctoritas apud te ponderis nihil habebat: grave ipsius conscientiae pondus est: id est maximi ponderis: omnium verborum ponderibus est utendum, verbal effects : fabula sine pondere et arte, H.: nulla diu femina pondus habet, i. e. firmness , Pr.
A burden, load, weight : rerum, O.: amara senectae Pondera, O.

pone
adv. POS-, after, behind, back : adprendit pallio, T.: et ante et pone (moveri): sequens, V.

pone
praep. with acc. 1 pone, behind : pone quos aut ante labantur: pone castra, L.

pono
posuī (posīvērunt, C.), positus, ere for * posino; old praep. port- (pro) + sino, to put down, set down, put, place, set, fix, lay, deposit : tabulas in aerario, Cs.: castra iniquo loco, pitch , Cs.: tabulas in publico, deposit : collum in Pulvere, H.: in possessionem libertatis pedem ponimus: in Prytaneum vasa aurea, L.: omnia pone feros in ignes, O.: ubi pedem poneret habere, might set his foot : posito genu, kneeling , O.: num genu posuit? Cu.: ova, O.: fetum, give birth to , Ph.
Of troops and guards, to place, post, set, station, fix : praesidium ibi, Cs.: insidias contra Pompei dignitatem: Dumnorigi custodes, ut, etc., Cs.
To set up, erect, build : opus, O.: urbem, V.: castella, Ta.: aras, V.: tropaeum, N.
To form, fashion, mould, depict : duo pocula fecit . . . Orphaeque in medio posuit, V.: nunc hominem nunc deum, H.
Of plants, to set, set out, plant : ordine vites, V.: nefasto (arborem) die, H.
Of wagers or prizes, to offer, propose, promise, lay, stake, wager : pocula fagina, V.: praemium proposuerunt, si quis nomen detulisset, L.
To put out at interest, loan, invest : pecuniam in praedio: dives positis in faenore nummis, H.
To serve, serve up, set forth : posito pavone, H.: positi Bacchi cornua, O.: Da Trebio, pone ad Trebium, Iu.
To lay aside, take off, put down, lay down : veste positā: velamina de corpore, O.: librum: arma, i. e. surrender , Cs.: Nepesinis inde edictum ut arma ponant, L.: positis armis, L.
To lay out, arrange for burial : toro Mortua componar, O.: positum adfati corpus, V.
To lay in the grave, bury, inter : te . . . patriā decedens ponere terrā, V.: quā positis iusta feruntur avis, O.
To arrange, deck, set in order : suas in statione comas, O.
To subdue, calm, allay, quiet : quo non arbiter Hadriae Maior, tollere seu ponere volt freta, H.
Of winds, to fall, abate : Cum venti posuere, V.
Of an anchor, to cast, fix : ancoris positis, L.
Fig., to set, place, put, lay, bring : pone ante oculos laetitiam senatūs: se in gratiā reconciliatae pacis, L.: in laude positus: illa in conspectu animi: cum in mentem venit, ponor ad scribendum, my name is added to the record.
To put, place, cause to rest : credibile non est, quantum ego in prudentiā tuā ponam, count upon : spem salutis in virtute, Cs.: in te positum est, ut, etc., rests with you.
To lay out, spend, employ, occupy, consume : tempus in cogitatione: diem totum in considerandā causā: totos nos in rebus perspiciendis: itinera ita facit, ut multos dies in oppidum ponat.
To put, place, count, reckon, consider, regard : mortem in malis: inter quos me ipse dubiā in re poni malim, L.: Hoc metuere, alterum in metu non ponere, regard with fear , Poët. ap. C.: ut in dubio poneret, utrum, etc., regarded as doubtful , L.: haec in magno discrimine, attach great importance to , L.: in vitiis poni, be regarded as a fault , N.
To appoint, ordain, make : leges: sunt enim rebus novis nova ponenda nomina, to be applied : Laurentisque ab eā (lauro) nomen colonis, V.: tibi nomen Insano, H.
Of vows or votive offerings, to make, render, pay, consecrate : Veneris (tabellas) in aede, O.: hic funalia, H.: ex praedā tripodem aureum Delphis, N.
To lay down as true, state, posit, fix, assume, assert, maintain, allege : ut paulo ante posui, si, etc.: Verum pono, esse victum eum; at, etc., T.: positum sit igitur in primis, etc.: hoc posito, esse quandam, etc., agreed : id pro certo, L.: rem ipsam.
To cite, set forth, refer to : eorum exempla.
To set forth, represent, describe : Tigellinum, Iu.
To propose, offer, fix upon, set forth : mihi nunc vos quaestiunculam ponitis?: ponere iubebam, de quo quis audire vellet: doctorum consuetudo ut iis ponatur, de quo disputent.
To put away, leave off, dismiss, forego, lay down, surrender : vitia: curas, L.: moras, H.: corda ferocia, V.: ponendus est ille ambitus (verborum), non abiciendus, i. e. to be closed without abruptness .

pons
ontis, m 1 PAT-, a bridge : pars oppidi ponte adiungitur: pontem in Arare faciendum curat, has a bridge built over , Cs.: velut ponte iniecto transitum dedit, L.: Campanus, a bridge on the Appian Way leading into Campania , H.: amnem ponte iunxit, Cu.: ratis religata pontis in modum, L.: interscindere pontem, break down : recidere, Cu.: vellere, V.: partem pontis rescindere, Cs.: nusquam pons? (bridges being the resort of beggars), Iu.
Plur: dies efficiendis pontibus absumpti, a draw-bridge , Ta.: pontīsque et propugnacula iungunt, V.
A bridge, walk, connecting passage, scaffolding, gallery : operae Clodianae pontīs occuparant, i. e. the narrow gallery admitting voters to the saepta at the Comitia : socios de puppibus Pontibus exponit, planks , V.: Turris erat pontibus altis, galleries , i. e. stories , V.: naves pontibus stratae, decks , Ta.

ponticulus
ī, m dim. pons, a little bridge : ligneus: crura ponticuli, Ct.

pontifex
ficis pons+2 FAC-, m a high-priest, pontiff, pontifex , L., C., H., O., Iu.: Maxumus, chief of the priests , L.: scribae pontificis, quos nunc pontifices minores appellant, L., C.: Esquilini venefici, high-priest of witchcraft , H.

pontificalis
e, adj. pontifex, of a highpriest, pontifical : insignia, L.: auctoritas.

pontificatus
ūs, m pontifex, the office of a high-priest, pontificate : petitio pontificatūs, S., C.

pontificius
adj. pontifex, of a high-priest, pontifical : comitia: ius.

ponto
ōnis, m pons, a large flat boat , Cs.

pontus
ī, m , πόντος, the sea: freta ponti, V.: maris pontus, the great deep, V.: ingens pontus In puppim ferit, a huge sea, V.: longus, H.

popa
ae, m a priest's assistant.

popanum
ī, n , πόπανον, a sacrificial cake, Iu.

popellus
ī, m dim. populus, the rabble, crowd , H.

popina
ae, f cf. πέπων, a cook-shop, eatinghouse, low tavern , C., H., Iu.
Food sold at a cookshop : si epulae potius quam popinae nominandae sunt: taeterrimam popinam inhalare.

popino
ōnis, m popina, a frequenter of eating-houses, gormandizer , H.

poples
itis, m 1 PAL-, the ham, hollow of the knee, hough : succisis poplitibus, L.: succiso poplite, V.
A knee : duplicato poplite, with bended knee , V.: contento poplite, with a stiff knee , H.: poplitibus semet excipit, sank to his knees , Cu.

poppysma
atis, n , πόππυσμα, a smack, sounding kiss, Iu.

populabilis
e, adj. populor, destructible , O.

populabundus
adj. populor, laying waste, ravaging : in finīs Romanos excucurrerunt populabundi, L.: per agrum ierat, L.

popularis
e, adj. with comp. 1 populus, of the people, proceeding from the people, popular, general, common : leges, instituted by the people : munus, to the people : verba: dictio ad popularem sensum accommodata: oratio: laudes, by the people : ventus, popular favor : aura, H.
Of the same people, of the country, native, indigenous : queri puellis de popularibus, H.: flumina, of the same district , O.: oliva, native , O.: virgo tibi, of thy nation , O.
As subst m., a fellow-countryman, compatriot, associate, fellow, comrade, accomplice : suus: quae res indicabat popularīs esse, his own army , S.: non popularīs modo concitat, L.: populares coniurationis, accomplices , S.
Of the people, devoted to the people, attached to the commons, popular, democratic : genus (rei p.): animus: ingenium, L.: sacerdos, i. e. Clodius.
Acceptable to the people, agreeable to the multitude, popular : consul: quo nihil popularius est, L.
Plur m . as subst, the popular party, democrats .

popularitas
ātis, f popularis, a courting of popular favor : rarior apud Tiberium, Ta.

populariter
adv. popularis, like the common people, commonly, vulgarly : annum solis reditu metiri.
Vulgarly, coarsely : loqui: scriptus liber (opp. limatius).
In a popular manner, popularly, democratically : contiones excitatae: occidere quemlibet, to please the crowd , Iu.

populatio
ōnis, f populor, a laying waste, ravaging, plundering, spoiling, devastation : populationem effuse facere, L.: hostem populationibus prohibere, Cs.
Plunder, booty : Veientes pleni populationum, L.

populator
ōris, m populor, a devastator, spoiler, plunderer : agrorum, L.: Troiae, O.

populeus
adj. 2 populus, of poplars, poplar- : frondes, V.: corona, H.: umbra, V.

populi
see scitum.

populifer
era, erum, adj. 2 populus+1 FER-, poplar-bearing : Padus, shaded by poplars , O.

populo
āvī, ātus, āre SCAL-, to lay waste, ravage, plunder, pillage, spoil : litora vestra Vi, V.: Penates, V.: arva, H.: urbem deūm irā morbo, L.
To destroy, ruin, spoil : populat ingentem farris acervum Curculio, V.: capillos, O.: populata tempora raptis Auribus, mutilated , V.: populatus hamus, robbed of the bait , O.

populor
ātus, ārī, dep. SCAL-, to lay waste, ravage, devastate, spoil, plunder, pillage : Remorum agros, Cs.: urbīs et agros Galliae: Aequos, L.
To destroy, ruin, spoil : quisque suum populatus iter, V.: formam populabitur aetas, O.

populus
ī, m PLE-, a people, nation : populus R.: incliti populi regesque victi sunt, i. e. republics and kingdoms , L.
In Rome, the whole body of citizens, people : senatus populusque Romanus (often written S. P. Q. R.): populi ac multitudinis comitia: et patres in populi fore potestate, L.: ut ea res populo plebique R. bene eveniret: ut populus vacantia teneret, i. e. the public treasury , Ta.
The citizens (opp. milites): urbanus, N.
A region, district : frequens cultoribus alius populus, L.
A multitude, host, crowd, throng, great number : fratrum, O.: concursus in forum populi, L.: haec (ianuae frons) populum spectat, i. e. the street , O.

populus
ī, f 1 PAL-, a poplar-tree : Alcidae gratissima, V.: alba, the silver-poplar , H., O.

porca
ae, f porcus, a female swine, sow : caesa, V., H., Iu.

porcellus
ī, m dim. porculus; from porcus, a little pig , Ph.

porcus
ī, m SPARC-, a tame swine, hog, pig : villa abundat porco: porcus femina, sow : Epicuri de grege porcus, i. e. glutton , H.

porgo
see 1 porrigo.

porrectio
ōnis, f 1 porrigo, a stretching out, extension : digitorum.

porrectus
P. of porricio.

porrectus
adj. with comp. P. of 1 porrigo, stretched out, extended, long : loca, Cs.: locus, H.: mora, protracted , O.: porrectior acies, Ta.: senex, i. e. dead , Ct.
Fig., wide-spread, extended : fama ad ortum Solis, H.

porricio
—, rectus, ere old for proicio, to lay before, offer in sacrifice : exta in mare, L.: exta in fluctūs, V.
Prov.: inter caesa et porrecta, between slaughter and offering , i. e. at the very last moment .

porrigo
(plur 2d pers. porgite, V.: p. praes. porgens, C.), rēxī, rēctus, ere por (i. e. pro)+rego, to stretch out, spread out, put forth, reach out, extend : aciem latius, S.: animal membra porrigit: crus, L.: caelo bracchia, O.: expressa psephismata porrigendā manu, by raising hands : per tota novem cui iugera corpus Porrigitur, extends , V.: brumalīs horas, lengthen , O.
To lay at length, stretch out : in spatium ingens ruentem porrexit hostem, L.
To hold forth, reach out, extend, offer, present, hand : mihi dextram: gladium nobis ad hominem occidendum: mihi forsan, tibi quod negarit, Porriget hora, H.
Prov.: maritali porrigere ora capistro, present his head to the marriage halter , Iu.
With manūs, to reach after, strive for, seek to obtain : ad pecora nostra avaras manūs, Cu.: pecunia deesse coepit, neque quo manūs porrigeret suppetebat, N.
With se, to extend, reach, grow : Quis gradus ulterior, tua quo se porrigat ira, Restat? O.
To prolong, extend : syllabam, O.

porrigo
inis, f scurf, dandruff, H.
Of animals, the mange: porci, Iu.

porro
adv. PRO-, forward, onward, farther on, to a distance, at a distance, afar off, far : res, porro ab hac quae me abstrahat, T.: agere armentum, L.: Inscius Aeneas, quae sint ea flumina porro, V.
In time, of old, aforetime, formerly : quod porro fuerat, cecinisse putatur, O.
Henceforth, hereafter, afterwards, in future : quid in animo Celtiberi haberent aut porro habituri essent, L.: Fac, eadem ut sis porro, T.: hinc maxima porro Accepit Roma, in aftertimes , V.
In order, again, in turn : audivi ex maioribus natu, qui se porro pueros a senibus audisse dicebant: aliis porro impertierant gaudium suum, L.
In transition, then, next, furthermore, moreover, again, in turn : civitati porro hanc fuisse belli causam, Cs.: Habonium porro intellegebat rem totam esse patefacturum: porro autem anxius erat, quid facto opus esset, S.

porrum
ī, n , πράσον, a leek, scallion, H., Iu.

Porsena
(C., H.), Porsenna (C., V.), or Porsinna (L.), ae, m a king of Etruria.

porta
ae, f 1 PAR-, a city-gate, gate : ad portam venire, T.: portarum claves, S.: qui urbis portas occuparent: si Hannibal ad portas venisset: egressus portā Capenā: omnibus portis effundi, L.: It portis iuventus, V.: omnibus portis eruptione factā, Cs.: portarum claustra, V.: portas obice firmo claudere, O.: vidi Portas (Carthaginis) non clausas (as in peace), H.: per unam (portam) praesidium inrumpit, L.: per aversam portam excedere, L.
An avenue, entrance, passage, outlet, inlet, door : decumana, Cs.: praetoria, L.: ingens caeli, V.: somni, V.: eburna, H.: portae Ciliciae, passes , N.: portae iecoris.

portatio
ōnis, f porto, a carrying, carriage, conveyance : armorum, S.

portendo
dī, tus, ere por (old for pro) +tendo, to point out, indicate, reveal, foretell, predict, presage, portend : cum periculorum metus ex ostentis portenderetur: ea (auspicia) illis exeuntibus in aciem portendisse deos, L.: magnitudinem imperi portendens prodigium, L.: triginta annos Cyrum regnaturum esse portendi.

portentificus
adj. portentum+2 FAC-, marvellous, monstrous, unnatural : venena, O.

portentosus
adj. portentum, monstrous, portentous, revolting : pestis: portentosa ex pecude nata, monstrous births .

portentum
ī, n P. n. of portendo, a sign, token, omen, portent : si, quod raro fit, id portentum putandum est, etc.: ne quaere profecto, Quem casum portenta ferant, V.
A monster, monstrosity : bovem quendam putari deum, multaque alia portenta: Quale portentum neque militaris Daunias alit, H.
A marvellous fiction, extravagance, absurdity : poëtarum portenta: portentum certissimum est, esse aliquem humanā specie, qui, etc.
Fig., a monster, demon : Clodius, fatale portentum rei p.

portentus
P. of portendo.

porthmeus
(disyl.), —, acc. ea, m , πορτημεύς, the ferryman, i. e. Charon, Iu.

porticula
ae, f dim. porticus, a small gallery .

porticus
ūs, f porta, a covered walk between columns, colonnade, piazza, arcade, gallery, porch, portico : Nostin porticum apud macellum? T.: inambulare in porticu: in amplis porticibus, V.: me porticus excepit, H.: porticus, in quā Gestetur dominus, Iu.
Plur, a shed, gallery (to protect soldiers in a siege), Cs.
The Porch, Stoa, school of the Stoics : fulcire porticum Stoicorum, i. e. the Stoic philosophy .

portio
ōnis, f 2 PAR-, a share, part, portion, lot : brevissima vitae, Iu.
A proportion, ratio : eadem ad decem homines servabitur portio, the same proportion , Cu.
In the phrase, pro portione, in proportion, proportionally, relatively : adice nunc pro portione, quot, etc., L.: causis principia pro portione rerum praeponere.

portitor
ōris, m 1 PAR-, a toll-gatherer, collector of customs, custom-house officer : ad partiendas mercīs missus: epistulam . . . ad portitores delata, T.

portitor
ōris, m 1 PAR-, a carrier, ferryman, boatman : Orci, i. e. Charon , V.

porto
āvī, ātus, āre, freq. 1 PAR-, to bear, carry, convey, take : hominem ad Baias octophoro: viaticum ad hostem: frumentum secum, Cs.: corpora insueta ad onera portanda, Cs.: sub alā Fasciculum librorum, H.: in suo sinu natos, O.: navis, quae milites portaret, had on board , Cs.: naves commeatum ab Ostiā in Hispaniam ad exercitum portantes, L.: equus ut me portet, H.
Fig., to bear, carry, bring : Di boni, boni quid porto! T.: nescio quid peccati portat haec purgatio, imports , T.: portantia verba salutem, bringing , O.: tristitiam Tradam protervis in mare Portare ventis, H.: sociis atque amicis auxilia, S.: ad coniuges laetum nuntium, L.: vobis bellum et pacem, L.

portorium
ī, n 1 PAR-, a tax, toll, duty, impost, custom, tariff : portoria reliquaque omnia vectigalia, Cs.: portorium dare: circumvectionis, a peddler's license-tax .

portula
ae, f dim. porta, a little gate , L.

Portunus
ī, m portus, the god of harbors (the Greek Palaemon), C., V., O.

portuosus
adj. with comp. portus, abounding in harbors, rich in harbors : mare: pars Numidiae portuosior, S.: navigatio minime, without harbors .

portus
ūs, m 1 PAR-, a harbor, haven, port : in Graeciae portūs: portu solvere, sail from port : ex portu exire, Cs.: portūs linquere, V.: portum petere, enter : tenere, reach : occupare, H.: in portum se recipere, Cs.: in portu operam dare, to be an officer of the customs : neque ex portu vectigal conservari potest, the revenue from customs .
Prov.: in portu navigo, i. e. am out of danger , T.: in portu esse.
Poet.: Per septem Nilus portūs emissus in aequor, i. e. mouths , O.
Fig., a place of refuge, haven, asylum, retreat : portus corporis, Enn. ap. C.: se in philosophiae portum conferre: nationum portus erat senatus: omnis in limine portus, i. e. security is at hand , V.: Vos eritis nostrae portus et ara fugae, O.

posco
popōscī, —, ere, inch. PREC-, to ask urgently, beg, demand, request, desire : Impius es cum poscis, ait: sed pensio clamat, Posce, beg , Iu.: Fauno immolare, Seu poscat agnā sīve malit haedo, if he require it , H.: argentum: pugnam, L.: peccatis veniam, H.: accusant ei, quos populus poscit, demands for punishment : dictatorem reum, require the prosecution of , L.: ego poscor Olympo, it is I that Olympus summons , V.: tua numina, invoke , V.: abs te litteras: parentes pretium pro sepulturā liberūm poscere: non ita creditum Poscis Quintilium deos, H.: Quid dedicatum poscit Apollinem Vates? H.: gravidae posceris exta bovis, they ask you for the entrails , O.: poscor meum Laelapa, they demand of me , O.: Parilia poscor, O.: poscimus, ut cenes civiliter, Iu.: poscat sibi fabula credi, H.: Esse sacerdotes delubraque vestra tueri Poscimus, O.: poscunt maioribus poculis (sc. bibere), challenge with larger goblets .
Of things, to make necessary, demand, require, need, call for : quod res poscere videbatur, Cs.: quod negotium poscebat, S.: terrae semina poscunt, V.

positio
ōnis, f 1 positus, a situation : caeli, climate , Ta.

positor
ōris, m pono, a builder, founder : moenia positoris habentia nomen, O.: templorum, O.

positus
adj. P. of pono, placed, situated, set, planted, standing, lying : Roma in montibus: tumulus opportune ad id, L.: somno positus (i. e. sopitus), V.

positus
(ūs), m pono, a position, situation, disposition, order, arrangement : siderum, Ta.: positu variare comas, O.: terra a positu nomen adepta loci, O.: tot positūs conprendere, ways of dressing the hair , O.

posmeridianus
see postmeridianus.

possessio
ōnis, f SED-, a taking possession of, seizing, occupying, taking : bonorum: regni, L.: mittere in possessionem, send to take possession.
A possessing, holding, possession, occupation : certā re et possessione deturbari: in possessionem proficisci, to come into possession : bonorum: possessionem tradere, Cs.: tenere, N.
A thing possessed, possession, property, estate : id genus possessionum: trans Rhodanum possessiones habere, Cs.: urbanae, N.: aes alienum ex possessionibus solvere, S.
Fig., possession : prudentiae doctrinaeque.

possessiuncula
ae, f dim. 1 possessio, a small estate : meae.

possessor
ōris, m possideo, a possessor, owner : si possessor sponsionem non faciet: agelli, V.: valeat possessor oportet, Si, etc., H.

possessus
P. of possideo.

possessus
P. of possido.

possideo
sēdī, sessus, ēre por (for pro)+sedeo, to have and hold, be master of, own, possess : ex edicto bona: partem agri, Cs.: solum bello captum, L.: plus Pallante, Iu.
To hold possession of, occupy : ferro saeptus possidet sedes sacras, Poët. ap. C.: Zephyri possidet aura nemus, Pr.
Fig., to possess, have : plus fidei quam artis in se: hunc diem, i. e. is worshipped on this day , O.

possido
sēdī, sessus, ere por (for pro)+sido, to take possession of, occupy, seize : Pompei bona, possessed himself of : regno possesso: (agros) quos armis possederint, Cs.: circumfluus umor Ultima possedit, took possession of , O.
Fig.: brevi tempore totum hominem.

possum
(possiem, possiet, T.), potuī, posse (old potesse), irreg. potis+sum, to be able, have power, can : quantum valeam, quantumque possim: ut, quoad possem numquam discederem: Caesari te commendavi, ut gravissime potui, as earnestly as I possibly could : potest fieri, ut fallar, it may be : non possum quin exclamem, I cannot but : ut nihil ad te dem litterarum, facere non possum, I cannot help writing to you : aequitatem tuam non potui non probare, I could not avoid approving : non potest, it is impossible , T.: nos dignitatem, ut potest, retinebimus, as far as possible : comprendi iube (eum), quantum potest, T.: posse loqui, the power of speech , O.: posse moveri, O.
Esp., as an auxiliary, represented in English by the potential mood, to have power, be able : plurima proferre possumus, I might adduce many more , N.: munitiones Caesaris prohibere non poterat, nisi, etc., he could not have hindered , Cs.: quamquam et illud dicere poteram, might have said , L.: consul esse qui potui, nisi tenuissem, etc., might have been consul : ut, si hostem habuisset consul, magna clades accipi potuerit, L.
To be able, be strong, be powerful, have influence, be efficacious, avail, accomplish : non dubium, quin totius Galliae plurimum Helvetii possent, Cs.: quod poterant, id audebant: apud me plurimum: quoniam multum potest provisio animi ad minuendum dolorem: ad beate vivendum satis posse virtutem: non omnia possumus omnes, V.
Ellipt.: quod vi non poterant, fraude adsequi temptant, Cu.: ut collegam vi, si aliter non possent, de foro abducerent, L.

post
adv. POS-.
Of place, behind, back backwards : ante aut post, L.: servi, qui post erant: ubi periculum advenit, invidia atque superbia post fuere, i. e. were forgotten , S.: post minor est, i. e. shorter when seen from behind , Iu.
Of time, afterwards, after, later : post duobus mensibus, T.: initio . . . post autem: rursus . . . post, S.: multis post annis, many years after : aliquanto post, somewhat later : paulo post valens, a little later : multo post quam, long after : post tanto, so long after , V.
Of order, afterwards, next : primum . . . post deinde, T.: primo . . . inde . . . post, S.

post
praep. with acc. 1 post.
Of place, behind : post urbem in viā Pompeiā: post tergum, Cs.: post montem se occultare, Cs.: post equitem sedet atra cura, H.
Of time, after, since : post factam iniuriam, T.: aliquot post mensīs, some months later : maxima post hominum memoriam classis, since the memory of man , N.: post M. Brutum proconsulem, after the proconsulate : post urbem conditam, since the foundation of Rome : post homines natos: alii post me, future poets , V.: post illa, afterwards , T.: post Hectora, O.: hunc post: decessit post annum quartum quam expulsus erat, N.
Fig., after, beneath, inferior to, less important than, next to : post hunc Apollinem (colunt), Cs.: neque erat Lydia post Chloën, H.: sua necessaria post illius honorem ducere, S.

postea
adv., after this, after that, hereafter, thereafter, afterwards, later : qui in exercitu P. Sullae, et postea in M. Crassi fuerat, Cs.: postea cum nihil scriberetur: post ea loci consul pervenit in oppidum, S.: postea aliquanto, a little while after: paucis postea mensibus: per brevi postea mortuus est: legati deinde postea missi ab rege, L.: inde postea, L.: postea deinceps, L.
With quam (less correctly as one word, posteaquam), after that: postea quam ego in Siciliam veni: postea quam nuntii venerint, Cs.: postea vero quam accepit, etc., S.
Then, after that, in view of that, in fine: nonne haec iusta tibi videntur postea? T.: quid postea? what then? T., L.: quid postea, si Romae adsiduus fui? what follows?

posteaquam
see postea.

posteri
see posterus.

posteritas
ātis, f posterus, the future, future time, futurity, after-ages : posteritatis otio consulere: habeat rationem posteritatis, Cs.
After-generations, posterity : sperare, Scipionis et Laeli amicitiam notam posteritati fore: sera, late posterity , O.: aeterna, O.: posteritati servire, posthumous fame .
Of animals, offspring : Hirpini, Iu.

posterius
adv. comp. posterus, later, at a later day : iubet posterius ad se reverti, by and by : si posterius fuisset, had he lived later .

posterus
adj. with comp. posterior, us, and sup. postremus post. I. Posit. (not used in sing. nom m .), coming after, following, next, ensuing, subsequent, future : cum ibi diem posterum commoraretur: postero die, S.: posterā nocte, N.: postera aetas, H.: posterā Crescam laude, in the esteem of posterity , H.
Plur m . as subst, coming generations, descendants, posterity : sic vestri posteri de vobis praedicabunt.
Ellipt.: quam minimum credula postero (sc. tempori), to-morrow , H.: in posterum oppugnationem differt, the next day , Cs.: in posterum (sc. tempus) confirmat, for the future , Cs.: longe in posterum prospicere.
As subst n., a sequence, result : posterum et consequens.II. Comp, that comes after, next in order, following, latter, later, posterior : ut cum priore (dicto) posterius cohaerere videatur: nec acumine posteriorum (oratorum), nec fulmine utens superiorum: Pars prior apparet, posteriora latent, O.: cogitationes, afterthoughts : quod prius ordine verbum est, Posterius facias, H.: Posterior partīs superat mensura priores, i. e. the bulk of the hinder parts , O.
Fig., inferior, of less account, of lower value, worse : nihil posterius, nihil nequius: non posteriores feram (sc. partīs), I shall not be behindhand , T.: utrum posterior an infelicior esset iudicare: quorum utrique patriae salus posterior suā dominatione fuit.III. Sup, hindmost, last, aftermost, rear : alia prima ponet, alia postrema: acies, S.: nec postrema cura, not the last , V.
Plur n . as subst, the last, rear : in agmine in primis modo, modo in postremis adesse, S.: non in postremis, especially (cf. in primis): Messapus primas acies, postrema coërcent Tyrrhidae iuvenes, V.
Fig., the last, lowest, basest, meanest, worst : genus: servitus postremum malorum omnium.

postfero
—, —, ferre, to put after, esteem less: libertati plebis suas opes, sacrifice, L.: robore nulli iuvenum postferendus, Cu.

postgenitus
adj., born afterwards.
Plur. m. as subst, posterity, descendants, H.

posthabeo
uī, itus, ēre, to place after, esteem less, postpone, neglect: omnīs posthabui mihi res, T.: omnia, Cs.: omnibus rebus posthabitis, neglecting everything: posthabui illorum mea seria ludo, V.

posthac
adv., after this, hereafter, henceforth, in future: hunc tu cogitas Recipere posthac? T.: ne umquam posthac, V., H., Iu.

posthaec
adv., hereafter, afterwards, Ta.

posthumus
see postumus.

posticus
adj. post, in the rear, behind, hinder, back-, posterior : aedium partes, L.
As subst n., a backdoor : aedium, L., H.

postilio
ōnis, f postulo, in religion, a claim of a god for a forgotten sacrifice .

postilla
adv. cf. postea, after that, afterwards : postilla iam ludas licet, T.: Postilla errare videbar, Enn. ap. C., Ct.

postis
is （abl. posti, O.), m a post, door-post: caput legis in curiae poste figere: armis Herculis ad postem fixis, H.: tenens postem dedicat templum, L.: sacer, V.
Plur, a door: postīs a cardine vellit Aeratos, V.

postliminium
ī, n post+limen, a return behind the threshold, complete return home, restoration of rank and privileges, right of recovery, postliminium : ei nullum esse postliminium, no right of return : civi Romano licet esse Gaditanum, sive exsilio, sive postliminio, i. e. by resuming his citizenship in Gades .

postmeridianus
(posm-, not pom-), adj., of the afternoon, in the afternoon: tempus: statio, L.: litterae.

postmodo
adv., afterwards, after a while, a little later: Me esse . . . post modo rescisces, T.: inmeritis nocitura Postmodo te natis fraus, H.: publicum in praesentiā dedecus, postmodo periculum, L.

postmodum
adv. post+modus, after a while, a little later : flecti precibus, L.

postpono
posuī, positus, ere, to put after, esteem less, neglect, disregard: ut omnia postponere videretur, Cs.: scorto Officium, H.: vos natis suis, O.: omnibus rebus postpositis, laying aside everything, Cs.

postputo
āvī, —, āre, to regard as secondary, disregard: omnīs res prae parente, T.

postquam
conj, after that, after, as soon as, when : postquam convenere, S.: postquam Caesar pervenit, obsides poposcit, Cs.: post quam armis disceptari coeptum est: undecimo die postquam a te discesseram: quod post accidisset, quam dedissem ad te, liberto tuo, litteras: quartum post annum, quam redierat, N.
Since, because, inasmuch as: Postquam sensit observari, etc., T.: postquam suas terras sedem belli esse viderent, verterunt, etc., L.

postremo
adv. abl. of postremus; sc. tempore, at last, finally, last of all : inprimis . . . postremo, Cs.: agri, regna denique, postremo etiam vectigalia: primo . . . deinde . . . postremo, S.

postremum
adv. postremus, for the last time, last of all, at last : hodie postremum me vides, T.: eo die, quo postremum visus erat: Illum Postremum expellet heres, H.

postremus
sup. of (posterus).

postridie
adv. i. e. posteri die, on the day after, the next day : postridie constituunt proficisci, Cs.: mane descendit: quid causae fuerit, postridie intellexi, quam discessi: postridie eius diei mane, Cs.
With acc, the day after : venatio, quae postridie ludos Apollinarīs futura est: postridie Idūs: Nonas, L.

postscribo
scrīpsī, —, ere, to add in writing: Tiberi nomen suo, Ta.

postulatio
ōnis, f postulo, a requiring, demand, request, desire : aequa et honesta: concessit senatus postulationi tuae: opinione valentior.
A complaint, expostulation : neque lites ullae inter eas, postulatio Numquam, T.
An application for leave to sue : Tuberonis.

postulatum
ī, n P. n. of postulo, a demand, request, claim : hoc de statuis: ut remittantur postulata per litteras: sua quoque ad eum postulata deferre, Cs.: cognitis suis postulatis, Cs.: postulata facere, N.: peragere, i. e. to formulate , L.

postulatus
m postulo, a claim, suit, complaint : postulatu audito, etc., L.

postulo
āvī, ātus, āre PREC-, to ask, demand, claim, require, request, desire : incipiunt postulare, minari: nemo inventus est tam impudens qui postularet ut venderet: postulavere plerique, ut proponeret, etc., S.: suom ius postulat, T.: fidem publicam: ad senatum venire auxilium postulatum, Cs.: noctem sibi ad deliberandum: postulatur a te iam diu historia: quod principes civitatum a me postulassent: postulatum est, ut Bibuli sententia divideretur: legatos mittit postulatum, ne, etc., S.: qui postularent, eos sibi dederent, Cs.: postulo, Appi, consideres, quo progrediare, L.: a senatu de foedere: me ducere istis dictis postulas? expect , T.: quod de argento posse postulem me fallere (eum), i. e. undertake to deceive him , T.: qui adire senatum non postulassent, asked an audience , L.: ante quam bona possideri postularentur, were claimed : hic postulat se Romae absolvi, qui, etc., expects : haec cum praetorem postulabas, of the praetor : qui postulat deus credi, Cu.
To summon, arraign before a court, prosecute, accuse, impeach : Gabinium tres adhuc factiones postulant: alqm de ambitu: alqm maiestatis, Ta.: delationem nominis, i. e. ask leave to prosecute : servos in quaestionem, ask that the slaves be examined under torture : quaestionem, the appointment of a special tribunal , L.
Of price, to demand, ask : Accipe victori populus quod postulat aurum, Iu.
Of things, to make necessary, require, demand, call for : Nunc hic dies alios mores postulat, T.: ut temporis exiguitas postulabat, Cs.: mittor, quo postulat usus, O.: res postulare videtur alqd exponere, S.

postumus
adj. sup. posterus.
Only of children, last, latest-born, late-born : mortuo postumo filio: tua postuma proles, son of your old age , V.

pote
adj. see potis.

potens
entis （gen plur. potentum, V.), adj. with comp. and sup. P. of possum, able, mighty, strong, powerful, potent : animus, S.: familiae, L.: contra potentiorem auxili egere, Cs.: potentissimus civis: Roma opibus, O.: parvo Fabricius, i. e. with small resources , V.: in amore, i. e. fortunate , Ct.
Having power, ruling, controlling, master : dum mei potens sum, my own master , L.: sanus mentisque potens, in his right mind , O.: potentes rerum suarum atque urbis, having made themselves masters of , L.: potentes huius consili, arbiters , L.: diva Cypri, that reigns over (i. e. Venus), H.: lyrae Musa, that presides over lyric poetry , H.: irae, master of his anger , Cu.
Fit, capable, equal : regni, L.: neque pugnae, neque fugae satis potentes, unable either to fight or to flee , L.
Partaking, having attained : voti, O.: iussi, having fulfilled the command , O.
Strong, mighty, powerful, efficacious, potent, influential : fortuna in res bellicas, L.: herba ad opem, O.: nihil esse potentius auro, O.
As subst m., an aristocrat, man of influence, powerful person : res melior inopi quam potenti, L.: (consulatus) praemium semper potentioris futurus, L.

potentatus
ūs, m potens, might, power, rule, dominion : cum ad eum potentatus omnis recidisset: de potentatu contendere, Cs.: aemulo potentatūs inimicus, L.

potenter
adv. with comp. potens, strongly, mightily, vigorously : perrumpere saxa potentius Ictu fulmineo, H.: cui lecta potenter erit res, who has made a masterly choice , H.

potentia
ae, f potens, might, force, power : armorum tenendorum, L.: solis Acrior, V.: morbi, O.: occulti miranda fati, Iu.: Nate, mea magna potentia solus, i. e. source of my power , V.
Efficacy, virtue : herbarum, O.
Fig., political power, authority, sway, influence, eminence : Pompei formidulosa, S.: summae potentiae adulescens, Cs.: erant in magnā potentiā, in great authority : singularis, monarchical , N.: rerum, sovereignty , O.: contra periculosas hominum potentias.

potestas
ātis, f potis.
Of persons, ability, power, capacity, force : in se potestatem habere tantae astutiae, such a power of craftiness , T.: aut potestas defuit aut facultas.
Of things, efficacy, force, virtue : potestates herbarum, V.
A power of choice, control, determination : vitae necisque, S.: beneficiorum tribuendorum: quasi non ea potestas sit tua, ut facias, T.: non esse in nostrā potestate, quin illa eveniant: esse in senatūs populique R. potestate: familiam in potestate habere, keep in slavery , L.: esse in suā potestate, one's own master , N.: eā de re ius ac potestas, jurisdiction and authority , L.
Self-control, self-command : qui exisse ex potestate dicuntur . . . quia non sunt in potestate mentis.
Sovereignty, public authority, sway, power, dominion, rule, empire : ut imperandi ius potestatemque habeat, legal and military supremacy : Thessaliam in potestatem Thebanorum redigere, N.
Magisterial power, authority, office, magistracy : praetoria: ut bonā ratione emerit, nihil pro potestate, i. e. by official pressure : ita potestatem gerere, ut, etc., so to administer the office.
Power, ability, possibility, opportunity : liberius vivendi, T.: quotiens mihi certorum hominum potestas erit, whenever I find men on whom I can rely : si quid dicere vellet, feci potestatem, i. e. accorded permission : quae potestas si mihi saepius fiet, utar, shall present itself : ut respondendi tibi potestatem faciam: omnium mihi litterarum fieri potestatem oportere, must be allowed access to : potestatem sui facere, allow themselves to be spoken to : facere omnibus conveniendi sui potestatem, admit to an audience : decernendi potestatem Pompeio fecit, an opportunity for a decisive engagement , Cs.: sui potestatem facere, opportunity to fight , Cs.: potestas, virtutem vestram ostendere, L.: Non fugis, dum praecipitare potestas, V.
A person in office, public officer, magistrate, ruler : ab aliquā potestate legitimā evocatus, by some lawful authority : imperia et potestates, military and civil officers : mavis Fidenarum esse potestas, Iu.: hominum rerumque aeterna, i. e. Jupiter , V.

potin
for potisne, see potis.

potio
ōnis, f PO-, a drinking : in mediā potione exclamavit.
A drink, draught, potion : contemptissimis escis et potionibus: cum potione sitis depulsa est.
A poisonous draught, potion, philter : potione mulierem sustulit: haec potio torquet, Iu.: Non usitatis potionibus, magic potions , H.

potior
(potitur, T., V., O.; poterētur, Ct.; poterēmur, O.; poterentur, L., O.), ītus, īrī (potī, Enn. ap. C.), dep. potis, to become master of, take possession of, get, obtain, acquire, receive : libidines ad potiundum incitantur: si eius oppidi potitus foret, S.: vexilli, L.: rerum, N.: summam imperii, usurp supreme authority , N.: in spe urbis hostium potiundae, L.: natura iis potiens: gens urbe nostrā potitura: imperio totius Galliae, Cs.: sceptro, O.
To be master of, have, hold, possess, occupy : qui tenent, qui potiuntur: civitas Atheniensium, dum ea rerum potita est, was supreme : patria commoda, T.: (voluptates), quibus senectus, si non abunde potitur, etc.: oppido, L.: potiuntur Troes harenā, i. e. reach , V.: monte, have climbed , O.

potior
comp. of potis.

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

potissimum
adv. sup. potis, chiefly, principally, especially, eminently, above all : Quem vocabo ad cenam Potissimum? T.: exsistat aliquis et potissimum Caecus ille: te potissimum hoc persequi oporteret: quid agam? aut quo potissimum infelix accedam? S.

potitus
P. of 1 potior.

potius
adv. comp. potis, rather, preferable, more : sed scin', quid volo potius facias? T.: nec vero imperia expetenda, ac potius non accipienda interdum: Galliam potius esse Ariovisti quam populi R., Cs.: si domus haec habenda est potius quam deversorium: se miliens morituros potius quam ut tantum dedecoris admitti patiantur, L.: mansurus, potius quam incertae vitae parceret, S.: per interregem comitia habenda esse potius, quam consul alter a bello avocaretur, L.: vel haec patienda censeo potius, quam trucidari corpora, L.
With aut or vel, or rather, or I may better say : efficiet enim ratio ut . . . mors aut malum non sit, aut sit bonum potius: quam fuit imbecillus, quam tenui aut nullā potius valetudine: Cato magnus homo, vel potius summus vir.

poto
āvī, ātus (pōtūrus, Tb., Pr.), āre potus, to drink : potaturus est apud me, T.: si potare velit: aquam, Iu.: poturi (Tantali) deserit unda sitim, Tb.: poturas ire iubebat oves, Pr.
Of things, to drink up, suck in, absorb : potantia vellera fucum, H.: potanda ferens infantibus ubera, Iu.
Fig.: Stoicorum ista magis gustata quam potata delectant.
To drink, tope, tipple : obsonat, potat de meo, T.: ibi insuevit exercitus amare, potare, S.: frui voluptate potandi: potantibus his apud Tarquinium, L.: totos dies potabatur.

potor
ōris, m PO-, a drinker : aquae potores, H.: Rhodani, i. e. dweller by the Rhone , H.
A drunkard, sot, toper : potores Falerni, H.

potrix
īcis, f potor, a female tippler , Ph.

potulentus
adj. potus, drinkable.
Plur. n . as subst, drinkables, drinks : esculenta et potulenta.

potus
adj. P. pass. of bibo, drunk, drunk up : sanguine tauri poto: poti faece tenus cadi, drained , H.
That has drunk, drunken, intoxicated : domum bene potus redire: anus, H.

potus
ūs, m PO-, a drinking : immoderato extumefacta potu: potui esse, Ta.
A drink, draught : refectus potu, Cu.: cibi potūsque, Ta.