Magnam facultatem habere

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magnam facultatem habere.

1. To have a great opportunity or means of doing a thing.

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• αʹ 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.

• βʹ 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.

• γʹ 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.