Latin verb
possum
possum, posse, potuī
possum is a Latin verb. In the 4 analysed lines it was read in, it means “are able” (once), “be able” (once), “I can” (once) and “it was able” (once).
In the texts
Each line as the reader shows it: every word in its case colour with its meaning underneath, and arcs from possum to the words it goes with.
“Qui possum, quaeso, facere, quod quereris, lupe?
Who can I do, please, what you complain about, wolf?
possum: the main verb of the sentence.
poscit soleas, ascendit locum ex quo maxime miraculum illud conspici poterat.
He demands sandals, he climbs to the place from which that wonder could be seen especially well.
poterat: relative clause describing locum.
Soles occidere et redire possunt: nobis, cum semel occidit brevis lux, nox est perpetua una dormienda.
Suns are able to set and rise again: for us, when once the brief light has set, there is one perpetual night to be slept through.
possunt: the main verb of the sentence.
…conturbabimus illa, ne sciamus, aut ne quis malus invidere possit, cum tantum sciat esse basiorum
Give me a thousand kisses, then a hundred, then another thousand, then a second hundred, then continually another thousand, then a hundred, then, when we have made many thousands, we will mix them up, lest we know, or lest any evil person be able to envy, when he knows there are so many kisses.
possit: joined with sciamus.
Forms
Every form of the word in these texts, with what it is.
| Form | Grammar | Read |
|---|---|---|
| possit | 3rd person · Singular · Present · Subjunctive | 1 |
| possum | 1st person · Singular · Present · Indicative · Active | 1 |
| possunt | 3rd person · Plural · Present · Indicative · Active | 1 |
| poterat | 3rd person · Singular · Imperfect · Indicative · Active | 1 |
Words it goes with
Joined to possum by an arc in these lines, most often first.