Present active participle ofpossum(“be able (to)”). Possibly derived from Proto-Italic*potēnts.

• (Classical Latin)IPA^(key): /ˈpo.tens/,[ˈpɔt̪ẽːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)IPA^(key): /ˈpo.tens/,[ˈpɔːt̪ens]

potēns (genitivepotentis,comparativepotentior,superlativepotentissimus,adverbpotenter);third-declension one-termination participle

1. beingable (to), able;potent,mighty,strong,powerful

   Synonyms:praevalēns,fortis,potis,validus,strēnuus,ingēns,firmus,compos

   Antonyms:dēbilis,languidus,aeger,fractus,tenuis,obnoxius,īnfirmus,inops

   potens (orcompos)sui ―master of himself, self-controlled

Third-declension participle.

¹When used purely as an adjective.

• armipotēns
• astripotēns
• bellipotēns
• omnipotēns
• potentia

• French:pouvant
• Italian:potente
• Sicilian:putenti
• Spanish:pudiente
• → English:potent
• → German:Potenz
• → Portuguese:potente
• → Romanian:potent
• → Spanish:potente

• “potens”, inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879)A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “potens”, inCharlton T. Lewis (1891)An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• potens inEnrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2025),Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
• "potens", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’sGlossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• potens inGaffiot, Félix (1934)Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894)Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London:Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) oligarchy:paucorum dominatio orpotentia
    
• potens inRamminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed))Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

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FromLatinpotentia.

potens m (definite singularpotensen,indefinite pluralpotenser,definite pluralpotensene)

1. potency
2. (mathematics)power

• “potens” inThe Bokmål Dictionary.

FromLatinpotentia.

potens m (definite singularpotensen,indefinite pluralpotensar,definite pluralpotensane)

1. potency
2. (mathematics)power

• “potens” inThe Nynorsk Dictionary.

FromLatinpotentia.

potens c

1. potency (ability to become erect, etc.)

   Antonym:impotens

2. potency (power, ability, etc.)
3. (mathematics) abase together with itsexponent, anexponentialexpression

• potens inSvensk ordbok (SO)
• potens inSvenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• potens inSvenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

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