Lewis & Short

Parsing inflected forms may not always work as expected. If the following does not give the correct word, try Latin Words or Perseus.

* 1. vīrĭpŏtens, entis, adj. [vis-potior], mighty in power, mighty, powerful, an epithet of Jupiter, Plaut. Pers. 2, 3, 1.

2. vĭrĭpŏtens, entis, adj. [vir-potior], fit for a husband, i. e. marriageable, nubile: puella, Dig. 24, 1, 65; 26, 7, 58; 35, 1, 99: virgo, ib. 50, 16, 3.