Potentiam consequi
From TTT @ frath.net
Latin Construction
- ‘To attain [political] power’.
Constructions
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Loci
- αʹ Cicero, Ad Familiares 1.9:
| qui hanc potentiam et gloriam maximis in rem publicam meritis praestantissimisque rebus gestis esset consecutus | who had attained power and glory by the greatest of achievements in the republic, and the most excellent deeds |
- βʹ Cicero, De Officiis 3.21:
| omnia recta et honesta neglegunt, dummodo potentiam consequantur | they ignore everything right and honorable, so long as they might attain power |
