Potentiam ferre
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Latin Construction
- ‘To tolerate power’ exercised by another.
Constructions
Verb constructions
- potentiam ferre posse — ‘to be able to tolerate power,’ Cic. [αʹ], [δʹ]
Loci
- αʹ v. Cicero, Ad Familiares 1.8:
| otium nobis exoptandum est, quod ii, qui potiuntur rerum, praestaturi videntur, si quidam homines patientius eorum potentiam ferre potuerint | We can hope for peace, because those who have power over these things seem to be the ones to fulfill them, if certain people are able to tolerate their power more patiently. |
- βʹ Cicero, De Officiis 3.8:
| hinc opum nimiarum, potentiae non ferendae, postremo etiam in liberis civitatibus regnandi exsistunt cupiditates | From this point proceed lusts for excessive wealth, for intolerable power, and finally even for ruling over free states. |
- γʹ Cicero, Philippica 1.12:
| credo enim vos nobiles homines, magna quaedam spectantes, non pecuniam, [...] non opes violentas et populo Romano minime ferendam potentiam, sed caritatem civium et gloriam concupivisse | because I believe that you highborn men with high hopes have been striving not for money, nor for violent power or an authority the Roman people will not at all stand for, but for glory and the devotion of the people |
- δʹ v. Cicero, Philippica 2.11:
| ea familia [...] quae non modo dominatum, sed ne potentiam quidem cuiusquam ferre potuit | that family [...] that could tolerate neither the rule, nor even the power of any person |
