Velle potestatem esse

Latin Construction

velle potestatem esse.

1. To want to have control (over).

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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 Cicero, Ad Atticum 4.2:

sed volui meam potestatem esse vel petendi vel ineunte aestate exeundi

But I wanted control over whether I ran for office, or left at the beginning of summer.