Facultatem habere

Latin Construction

facultatem habere.

1. To have an opportunity, ability, or resources.

Constructions

Adjective constructions

• magnam facultatem habere — Cic. [γʹ], [εʹ], [στʹ]

Loci

• αʹ Cicero, Ad Atticum 11.13:

Si quas habuimus facultates, eas Pompeio tum cum id videbamur sapienter facere detulimus.

If we had any resources, we delivered them to Pompey when it seemed we could do so wisely.

• βʹ Cicero, Ad Familiares 1.7:

si res facultatem habitura videatur, ut Alexandream atque Aegyptum tenere possis

if it seem that the circumstances will offer an opportunity for you to occupy Alexandria and Egypt

• γʹ adj. Cicero, Ad Familiares 10.12:

Verum decus in virtute positum est, quae maxime illustratur magnis in rem publicam meritis: eam facultatem habes maximam.

True honor depends on virtue, which is best illustrated by great service to the republic; you have the best of opportunities to do this.

• γ² Plancus, ap. Cicero, Ad Familiares 10.23:

Pro urbis vero salute cur non omnibus facultatibus, quas habemus, utamur?

Really, for the well-being of the city, why shouldn't we make use of all the resources we have?

• δʹ Brutus and Cassius, ap. Cicero, Ad Familiares 11.2:

Sed alius nemo facultatem habet decipiendi nos, tibi enim uni credidimus et credituri sumus.

But nobody else has the ability to deceive us, as it is you alone we have been and will be trusting.

• εʹ adj. Cicero, Ad Familiares 13.72:

Equidem existimo habere te magnam facultatem—sed hoc tui est consilii et iudicii—ex eo senatus consulto, quod in heredes C. Vennonii factum est, Caerelliae commodandi

Anyway, I think you have a great opportunity—but this is up to your discretion and judgment—to help Caerellia following the decree of the senate that was passed regarding the heirs of Gaius Vennonius.

• στʹ adj. Cicero, Ad Familiares 5.18:

Magnam facultatem sis habiturus nobiscum et cum omnibus tuis vivendi.

You may have the great opportunity to live with us and all your friends.