Potentia

See also: potentia

Latin

Etymology

From potentia (“force, power”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /poˈten.ti.a/, [pɔˈt̪ɛn̪t̪iä]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /poˈten.t͡si.a/, [poˈt̪ɛnt̪͡s̪iä]

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.

Case Singular
Nominative Potentia
Genitive Potentiae
Dative Potentiae
Accusative Potentiam
Ablative Potentiā
Vocative Potentia
Locative Potentiae

Derived terms
  • Potentīnus

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
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