Felix qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas=--Happy he who has succeeded in learning the causes of things.
Tantum religio potuit suadere malorum=--Could such cruelties have been perpetrated in the name of religion?
Nec in hoc pape potuit in aliquo prejudicari in facienda declaracione, maxime cum apud eum resideat plena potestas et auctoritas tocius ecclesie gubernande.
The question on which Friar Hugh of Hertepol disputed at [thorn]e vesperies of Friar John de Persole was: An Christus in primo instanti potuit mereri perfectione.
I propose to insert 'posuit ita' after 'potuit ita,' supposing that the words have dropped out owing to the homoeoteleuton.
Maria del Fiore with the following epitaph: "Ingenti Andreas jacet hie Pisanus in urna, Marmore qui potuit spirantes ducere vultus Et simulacra Deum mediis imponere templis Ex acre, ex auro, candenti et pulcro elephanto.
Often in the dramatists where there is a change of speakers: as, #quī potuit vidēre?
A strong case could be made for reading quae at Hor Carm III xiv 19-20 'Spartacum si qua potuit uagantem / fallere testa'.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "potuit" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
