potestas
noun
po·tes·tas
-eˌstäs,
-tas
plural potestates
ˌpōˌteˈstäˌtās,
ˌpätəˈstāt(ˌ)ēz
: the legal authority of a Roman citizen over his descendants and others in his household compare patria potestas
Word History
Etymology
Latin potestat-, potestas power, irregular from potis able, capable + -tat-, -tas -ty
- unaccepted
- unaccessible
- unacclimated
- unacclimatized
- unaccommodated
- unaccommodating
- unaccommodatingly
- unaccompanied
- unaccompanied by
- unaccomplishable
- unaccomplished
- unaccountabilities
- unaccountability
- unaccountable
- unaccountablenesses
- unaccountably
- unaccounted
- unaccounted for
- unaccredited
- unacculturated
- unaccusable
- unaccusably
- unaccused
- unaccustomed
- unaccustomedly