able Copy link Outline I. Competent, having sufficient power2. pŏtis, pŏte (but potis is often used with neuter words, and is rarely declined)II. Possessing ability of mind • able: I. Competent, having sufficient power: pŏtens, entis (with gen.): the enemy, not a. either to fight or to flee, are slain, hostes neque pugnae neque fugae satis potentes caeduntur, Liv.: Tac. 2. pŏtis, pŏte (but potis is often used with neuter words, and is rarely declined): usu. in connection with esse, expr. or understood two women are a. to give more trouble than enough to a very great multitude, duae mulieres maximo uni poplo negoti plus satis dare potis sunt, Pl.: which is never a. to be separated, quod nunquam potis est sejungi, Lucr.: no force is a. to restrain Evander, non Evandrum potis est vis ulla tenere, Virg. II. Possessing ability of mind: ingĕniōsus: v. clever, skilful.
ABLE Copy link • ABLE(of persons), ingeniosua (fertile of new ideas): sollers (dexterous in combining and working out ideas): docilis (apt to learn and comprehend): capax alicujus rei (post-Augustan). To be able, posse; alicujus rei faciendae facultatem habere. He is able to do anything, nihil non efficere potest.