Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/potēō
Proto-Italic
Etymology
A stative derivative verb[1] shaped from the adjective *potis, from Proto-Indo-European *pótis (“lord, master”).
Verb
*potēō first-singular present indicative
- to be able
Conjugation
| Inflection of *potēō (second conjugation stative) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Present | *potēō | |
| Perfect | — | |
| Aorist | — | |
| Past participle | — | |
| Present indicative | Active | Passive |
| 1st sing. | *potēō | *potēōr |
| 2nd sing. | *potēs | *potēzo |
| 3rd sing. | *potēt | *potētor |
| 1st plur. | *potēmos | *potēmor |
| 2nd plur. | *potētes | *potēm(e?)n(ai?) |
| 3rd plur. | *potēnt | *potēntor |
| Present subjunctive | Active | Passive |
| 1st sing. | *potēām | *potēār |
| 2nd sing. | *potēās | *potēāzo |
| 3rd sing. | *potēād | *potēātor |
| 1st plur. | *potēāmos | *potēāmor |
| 2nd plur. | *potēātes | *potēām(e?)n(ai?) |
| 3rd plur. | *potēānd | *potēāntor |
| Perfect indicative | Active | |
| 1st sing. | — | |
| 2nd sing. | — | |
| 3rd sing. | — | |
| 1st plur. | — | |
| 2nd plur. | — | |
| 3rd plur. | — | |
| Aorist indicative | Active | |
| 1st sing. | — | |
| 2nd sing. | — | |
| 3rd sing. | — | |
| 1st plur. | — | |
| 2nd plur. | — | |
| 3rd plur. | — | |
| Present imperative | Active | Passive |
| 2nd sing. | *potē | *potēzo |
| 2nd plur. | *potēte | — |
| Future imperative | Active | |
| 2nd + 3rd sing. | *potētōd | |
| Participles | Present | Past |
| *potēnts | — | |
| Verbal nouns | tu-derivative | s-derivative |
| *potatum | *potēzi | |
Descendants
- Latin: potuī (perfect of possum), potēns (from the present participle)
- Oscan: 𐌐𐌞𐌕𐌝𐌀𐌃 (pútíad), 𐌐𐌖𐌕𐌉𐌉𐌀𐌃 (putiiad, 3sg. subj.), 𐌐𐌞𐌕𐌝𐌀𐌍𐌔 (pútíans), 𐌐𐌖𐌕𐌉𐌉𐌀𐌍𐌔 (putiians, 3pl. subj.)
References
- ^ Untermann, Jürgen (2000) Wörterbuch des Oskisch-Umbrischen [Dictionary of Oscan-Umbrian] (Handbuch der italischen Dialekte; 3), Heidelberg: Winter, →ISBN, page 625