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omnipotens

omnipotens · adj

all-powerful

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 36 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

omnĭpŏtens — Lewis & Short

omnĭpŏtens, ntis, adj.omnis-potens,

I all-powerful, almighty, omnipotent (poet. and in post-class. prose), Enn. ap. Non. 111, 15 (Trag. v. 202 Vahl.): Juppiter, id. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 1, 254 (Ann. v. 446 Vahl.); Cat. 64, 171: pater, Ov. M. 1, 154.—Absol.: arcuit omnipotens, Ov. M. 2, 505; so, annuit omnipotens, id. ib. 14, 816: Neptunus, Turp. ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 34, 73: regina, i. e. Juno, Val. Fl. 1, 81: fortuna, Verg. A. 8, 334: Juppiter, Val. Max. 1, 6, 12 init.—Comp.: nam si ideo omnipotens Pater, qui Filium habet, omnipotentior ergo esse potuit, si plures haberet, Ambros. Fide, 4, 8, § 85.— Sup.: deus ille omnipotentissimus, Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 17 med.; Aug. Conf. 1, 4: creator, id. Civ. Dei, 21, 9.—Very freq. in eccl. Lat., with Dominus, Deus, etc.; and as subst.: Omnĭpŏtens, ntis, m., the Almighty: Omnipotens nomen ejus, Vulg. Exod. 15, 3: nec Omnipotens subvertet judicium, id. Job, 34, 12.—Hence, adv.: om-nĭpŏtenter, almightily, omnipotently, Aug. Civ. Dei, 14, 27 init.

In the wild

6 of 140 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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