possession Copy link Outline I. Holding, occupationII. That which is possessed1. possessio2. bŏna, orum; fundusIII. By evil spiritsIV. Control of one's emotions • possession: I. Holding, occupation: possessio (not necessarily implying ownership): to come into p., in p. venire, Cic. Att. 4, 2, ad init.: to proceed to take p., in p. proficisci, id. Quint. 27, 85: to be in p., in p. esse, ib. § 84: to send (any one) to take p., in p. mittere, ib. 26, extr.: to dislodge from p., de p. deturbare, ib. Esp. in phr., to take or obtain p.: (i.) lit.: (1). possĭdeo, sēdi, ssum, 2 (as legal term = in possessionem venire): to take p. of an estate without a will, bona sine testamento p., Cic. de Or. 2, 70, 283: id. Quint. 6. (2). occŭpo, 1: v. to seize, occupy. (3). pŏtior, 4 (to obtain p. of; become master of): foll. by abl. or gen.: to obtain p. of the sovereignty, imperio p., Cic. B. G. 1, 2: also, (illius) regni p., Cic. Fam. 1, 7: less freq. with acc., e. g. summam imperii p., Nep. Eum. 3: v. master, subs. (I., fin.). (ii.). fig., as of emotion: (1). căpio, 3: fear took p. of the senate, metus senatum cepit, Liv. 23, 14, med.: Ter. (but no less freq. is the inverse statement, capere desiderium, inimicitias, etc.: Ter.: Cic.). (2). invādo, si, sum, 3 (to fall upon: with acc. or dat.): v. to fall on (II.). (3). incēdo, ssi, 3 (usu. with dat.; less freq. acc.): resentment seized on the whole army, dolor toti exercitui incessit, Caes. B. C. 3, 74: Sall.: fear took p. of the senate, timor patres incessit, Liv. 1, 17: Just. Phr.: p. is nine points in law, perh., occupantis melior est conditio, Ulp. Dig. 14, 5, 3. II. That which is possessed: 1. possessio: he promises the soldiers lands out of his own p.s, militibus agros ex suis p. pollicetur, Caes. B. C. 1, 17: Cic. Par. 6, 1, 44. 2. bŏna, orum; fundus: v. property, estate. Phr.: to have great p.s, multa possidēre, Hor. III. By evil spirits: expr. by daemonia (pl.) habere: v. possessed. IV. Control of one's emotions: v. SELF-POSSESSION.