[*** \mathrm{potent}^1] | ˈpōtnt |

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1. having great power, influence, or effect:

〈薬品･イメージなどが〉 【心身に対して】強い効果, 効き目をもつ(effective) «in» ; 〈酒が〉強い, アルコール分の高い.

e.g. thrones were potent symbols of authority

e.g. a potent drug

e.g. a potent argument.

2. (of a male) able to achieve an erection or to reach an orgasm.

〈男が〉性的能力のある(↔ impotent)

potence | ˈpōt(ə)ns | noun

potently adverb

late Middle English: from Latin potent- ‘being powerful, being able’, from the verb posse.

[*** \mathrm{potent}^2] | ˈpōtnt | Heraldry

1. formed of crutch-shaped pieces; (especially of a cross) having a straight bar across the end of each extremity:

e.g. a cross potent.

2. of the fur called potent (as a tincture).

fur resembling vair, but with the alternating pieces T-shaped.

late Middle English (denoting a crutch): alteration of Old French potence ‘crutch’, from Latin potentia ‘power’ (in medieval Latin ‘crutch’), from potent- (see potent1).