potior

1.

pŏtĭor, ītus, 4 ( inf. pres. potirier, Plaut. As. 5, 2, 66.—Acc. to the third conj., potĭtur, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 274 Müll. or Ann. v. 78 Vahl.; Verg. A. 3, 56:

capto potĭmur mundo,

Manil. 4, 882; Ov. M. 13, 130; Cat. 64, 402.—Potītur. only in Prisc. 881, and Ov. H. 14, 113. So, poti for potiri, Pac. ap. Non. 475, 29; Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 3, 5, acc. to Trag. Rel. p. 56 Rib., and Enn. Trag. v. 260 Vahl.— Act. collat. form pŏtĭo, īre; v. 2. potio), v. dep. n. [potis].

I.

Lit., to become master of, to take possession of, to get, obtain, acquire, receive; constr. with gen., acc., abl., and absol. (class.; syn.: occupo, invado).

(α).

With gen.:

illius regni potiri,

Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 5:

urbis potiri,

Sall. C. 47, 2:

vexilli,

Liv. 25, 14:

nemini in opinionem veniebat Antonium rerum potiturum,

Nep. Att. 9, 6:

voti,

Sil. 15, 331.—

(β).

With acc. (mostly ante- and post-class.; not in Cic.): regnum, Pac. ap. Non. 481, 32:

sceptrum,

Att. ib. 30; cf.:

Homerus sceptra potitus,

Lucr. 3, 1038:

oppidum, Auct. B. Hisp. 13: summum imperii,

to get possession of the supreme dominion, Nep. Eum. 3, 4; cf.:

regni Persarum potiundi,

id. Ages. 4, 2:

spes urbis potiundae,

Caes. B. G. 2, 7, 2; 3, 6, 2:

in spe urbis hostium potiundae,

Liv. 8, 2, 5; Curt. 8, 11, 19.—

(γ).

With abl.:

ille hodie si illā sit potitus muliere,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 6, 9:

natura iis potiens,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 18, 41:

si ad decem milia annorum gentem aliquam urbe nostra potituram putem,

id. ib. 1, 37, 90 B. and K.:

imperio totius Galliae,

Caes. B. G. 1, 2:

victoriā,

id. ib. 3, 24:

impedimentis castrisque,

id. ib. 1, 21:

sceptro,

Ov. H. 14, 113: pane, Lucil. ap. Prisc. p. 881 P.: thalamo, Naev. ib.—

(δ).

Absol.:

libidines ad potiundum incitantur,

Cic. Sen. 12, 39:

potiendi spe inflammati,

id. Fin. 1, 18, 60.—

II.

Transf., to be master of, to have, hold, possess, occupy; with gen., acc., abl., and absol. (class.; syn.: fruor, utor).

(α).

With gen.:

Cleanthes solem dominari et rerum potiri putat,

has the chief power in the universe, Cic. Ac. 2, 41, 126:

civitas Atheniensium, dum ea rerum potita est,

id. Rosc. Am. 25, 70:

potiente rerum patre,

Tac. H. 3, 74.—

(β).

With acc.:

laborem hunc potiri,

Plaut. Rud. 1, 3, 5:

patria potitur commoda,

Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 17:

gaudia,

id. ib. 22.—

(γ).

With abl.:

frui iis (voluptatibus), quibus senectus, etiam si non abunde potitur, non omnino caret,

Cic. Sen. 14, 48:

oppido,

Liv. 6, 33:

monte,

have climbed, Ov. M. 5, 254.—

(δ).

Absol.:

qui tenent, qui potiuntur,

Cic. Att. 7, 12, 3.

pŏtītus, a, um, Part., in a pass. signif., v. 2. potio.

2.

pŏtĭor, ĭus, comp. of potis.