POTESTATIBUS, potestatibus
Sounds Like: poh-tes-TAH-tee-boos
Translations: to powers, for powers, by powers, with powers, from powers, to authorities, for authorities, by authorities, with authorities, from authorities, to dominions, for dominions, by dominions, with dominions, from dominions
From the root: POTESTAS
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to powers, authorities, or dominions. It is often used in a general sense to denote those who hold positions of power or control, whether human or divine. In a sentence, it would indicate the recipient of an action (dative) or the means/instrument/agent of an action (ablative).
Inflection: Plural, Dative or Ablative, Feminine
Instances
Polycarp of Smyrna
- Polycarp’s Letter to the Philippians — 12:3
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, POTESTAS.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- POTESTAS — power, authority, ability, control, dominion, a power, an authority
- POTESTATEM — power, authority, ability, control, a power, an authority
- POTESTATIS — of power, of authority, of ability, of control, of dominion, of influence
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