In eius potestate

Latin Construction

in eius potestate.

1. ‘In [his/her/its] power.’

Constructions

Verb constructions

• in eius potestate esse — Cic. [αʹ], [βʹ]

Loci

• αʹ v. Pollio, ap. Cicero, Ad Familiares 10.31:

Unas enim post Idus Martias demum a Pansa litteras accepi, in quibus hortatur me, ut senatui scribam me et exercitum in potestate eius futurum.

For I received one letter from Pansa, and not till March 15, in which he urges me to write to the senate that I and my army would be under its command.

• βʹ v. Cicero, Ad Familiares 4.7:

Tamen id cogitare deberes, ubicumque esses, te fore in eius ipsius, quem fugeres, potestate.

You should have considered, though, that wherever you might be, you would be in the power of the very man you were running away from.