Omnis potestas

Latin Construction

omnis potestas. fem.

1. ‘All power;’ full control.

Constructions

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Loci

• αʹ Cicero, Ad Atticum 12.49:

rescripsi patrono illi nihil opus esse, quoniam Caesaris propinqui eius omnis potestas esset

I wrote back that he didn't need an advocate, because all the power belonged to Caesar, his relative.

• βʹ Cicero, Ad Atticum 4.1:

legem consules conscripserunt qua Pompeio per quinquennium omnis potestas rei frumentariae toto orbe terrarum daretur

The consuls drew up a law by which Pompey was given, for five years, full control over affairs pertaining to grain all over the world.