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potior ‎(comparative of potis)

Third declension, comparative variant

Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter	Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Number	Singular		Plural
nominative	potior	potius	potiōrēs	potiōra
genitive	potiōris		potiōrum
dative	potiōrī		potiōribus
accusative	potiōrem	potius	potiōrēs	potiōra
ablative	potiōre		potiōribus
vocative	potior	potius	potiōrēs	potiōra

potior ‎(present infinitive potīrī, perfect active potītus sum); fourth conjugation, deponent

I obtain or acquire
- 100 BCE – 44 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 6.6
  Caesar partitis copiis cum Gaio Fabio legato et Marco Crasso quaestore celeriterque effectis pontibus adit tripertito, aedificia vicosque incendit, magno pecoris atque hominum numero potitur.
  Caesar, having divided his forces with C. Fabius, his lieutenant, and M. Crassus his questor, and having hastily constructed some bridges, enters their country in three divisions, burns their houses and villages, and gets possession of a large number of cattle and men.
I grasp
I attain
I seize or capture
I control

Conjugation of potior (fourth conjugation, deponent)
indicative		singular			plural
indicative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	potior	potīris, potīre	potītur	potīmur	potīminī	potiuntur
	imperfect	potiēbar	potiēbāris, potiēbāre	potiēbātur	potiēbāmur	potiēbāminī	potiēbantur
	future	potiar	potiēris, potiēre	potiētur	potiēmur	potiēminī	potientur
	perfect	potītus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	potītus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	potītus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
subjunctive		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	potiar	potiāris, potiāre	potiātur	potiāmur	potiāminī	potiantur
	imperfect	potīrer	potīrēris, potīrēre	potīrētur	potīrēmur	potīrēminī	potīrentur
	perfect	potītus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	potītus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
imperative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	potīre	—	—	potīminī	—
active	future	—	potītor	potītor	—	—	potiuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
non-finite forms		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		potīrī	potītus esse	potītūrus esse	—	—	—
participles		potiēns	potītus	potītūrus	—	—	potiendus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		nominative	genitive	dative/ablative	accusative	accusative	ablative
		potīrī	potiendī	potiendō	potiendum	potītum	potītū

Used with the ablative or genitive.

potior in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
potior in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
POTIOR in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
Félix Gaffiot (1934), “potior”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- (1) to usurp supreme power, (2) to be in a position of power: rerum potiri
- to conquer a country: terra potiri
- (ambiguous) there is nothing I am more interested in than..: nihil antiquius or prius habeo quam ut (nihil mihi antiquius or potius est, quam ut)
potior in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016