2. Pŏtentĭa, ae, f. 
- I.  A town in Picenum, now S. Maria di Potenza, Liv. 39, 44; Cic. Har. Resp. 28, 62; Plin. 3, 13, 18, § 111.
 Hence,
- B.  Pŏtentīnus, a, um, adj., Potentian: ager, Front. Colon. p. 123 Goes.
- II.  A town in Lucania, now Potenza; hence, Pŏtentīni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Potentia, in Lucania, Plin. 3, 11, 15, § 98.