Potentia

See also: potentia

Latin

Etymology

From potentia (“force, power”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /poˈten.ti.a/, [pɔˈt̪ɛn̪t̪iä]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /poˈten.t͡si.a/, [poˈt̪ɛnt̪͡s̪iä]

Proper noun

Potentia f sg (genitive Potentiae); first declension

A city in interior Lucania, situated in the valley of the Casuentus, now Potenza
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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