Omnipotens

omnĭpŏtens, ntis, adj. [omnis-potens], all-powerful, almighty, omnipotent ( poet. and in post-class. prose), Enn. ap. Non. 111, 15 (Trag. v. 202 Vahl.): Juppiter, id. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 1, 254 (Ann. v. 446 Vahl.); Cat. 64, 171:

pater,

Ov. M. 1, 154.— Absol.:

arcuit omnipotens,

Ov. M. 2, 505; so,

annuit omnipotens,

id. ib. 14, 816: Neptunus, Turp. ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 34, 73:

regina,

i. e. Juno, Val. Fl. 1, 81:

fortuna,

Verg. A. 8, 334:

Juppiter,

Val. Max. 1, 6, 12 init.—Comp.:

nam si ideo omnipotens Pater, qui Filium habet, omnipotentior ergo esse potuit, si plures haberet,

Ambros. Fide, 4, 8, § 85.— Sup.:

deus ille omnipotentissimus,

Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 17 med.; Aug. Conf. 1, 4: creator, id. Civ. Dei, 21, 9.—Very freq. in eccl. Lat., with Dominus, Deus, etc.; and as subst.: Omnĭpŏtens, ntis, m., the Almighty:

Omnipotens nomen ejus,

Vulg. Exod. 15, 3: nec Omnipotens subvertet judicium, id. Job, 34, 12.—Hence, adv.: om-nĭpŏtenter, almightily, omnipotently, Aug. Civ. Dei, 14, 27 init.