Potentia

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See also: potentia

Latin

Etymology

From potentia (force, power).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Potentia f sg (genitive Potentiae); first declension

  1. A city in interior Lucania, situated in the valley of the Casuentus, now Potenza
  2. A town in Picenum, situated on the coast of the Adriatic Sea, now Potenza Picena

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only
singular
nominative Potentia
genitive Potentiae
dative Potentiae
accusative Potentiam
ablative Potentiā
vocative Potentia
locative Potentiae

Derived terms

References

  • Potentia”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  • Potentia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.