Sua potestas

Latin Construction

sua potestas. fem.

1. ‘Their control.’

Constructions

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Loci

• αʹ Cicero, Ad Atticum 3.24:

praesertim cum ita dicant, se nostra causa voluisse suam potestatem esse de consulibus ornandis

in particular as they say it was for our sake that they wanted to have control over outfitting the consuls

• βʹ Lentulus, ap. Cicero, Ad Familiares 12.14:

iidem tamquam aliquo fato et nunc aut magistratum gerunt aut eos, qui sunt in magistratu, in sua habent potestate

And now these same people, as if by some curse, either occupy a magistracy or have those who are in the magistracy under their control.