potentia ae, f potens, might, force, power: armorum tenendorum, L.: solis Acrior, V.: morbi, O.: occulti miranda fati, Iu.: Nate, mea magna potentia solus, i. e. source of my power, V.

—Efficacy, virtue: herbarum, O.

—Fig., political power, authority, sway, influence, eminence: Pompei formidulosa, S.: summae potentiae adulescens, Cs.: erant in magnā potentiā, in great authority: singularis, monarchical, N.: rerum, sovereignty, O.: contra periculosas hominum potentias.