possible
possible
adj.
P. and V. δῠνᾰτός.
Feasible: V. ἀ̆νυστός.
It is possible: P. and V. πά̆ρεστι, πά̆ρᾰ, ἔνεστι, ἔνῐ, ἔξεστι, Ar. and P. ἐκγίγνεται, ἐγγίγνεται, P. ἐγχωρεῖ.
Be possible: P. ἐνδέχεσθαι.
As fast as possible: P. and V. ὡς τά̆χιστα.
As good as possible: P. ὅτι ἄριστος.
As far as possible: P. εἰς τὸ δυνατόν, κατὰ δύναμιν, P. and V. ὅσον δῠνᾰτόν, V. ὅσον μά̆λιστα.
adj.
P. and V. δῠνᾰτός.
Feasible: V. ἀ̆νυστός.
It is possible: P. and V. πά̆ρεστι, πά̆ρᾰ, ἔνεστι, ἔνῐ, ἔξεστι, Ar. and P. ἐκγίγνεται, ἐγγίγνεται, P. ἐγχωρεῖ.
Be possible: P. ἐνδέχεσθαι.
As fast as possible: P. and V. ὡς τά̆χιστα.
As good as possible: P. ὅτι ἄριστος.
As far as possible: P. εἰς τὸ δυνατόν, κατὰ δύναμιν, P. and V. ὅσον δῠνᾰτόν, V. ὅσον μά̆λιστα.
POSSIBLE
quod fieri or effici potest (that may happen or can be done): quod per rerum naturam admitti potest (that is not against the nature of things). ☞ These words Paullus Sent. 3 4 § 1. very suitably uses as a circumlocution for the unclassical possibilis which Quint. 3 8 25 terms an appellatio dura and can be endured only as a philosophical technical term. Potis pote are not adjectives but adverbs and occur (rarely in Cic. more frequently in the comic writers) only in the phrase potis est and pote for potest potest esse or fieri. A possible case conditio quae per rerum naturam admitti potest; also simply conditio (Cic. C. Rabir. perd. 5 16): it is possible i.e. (α) it can be esse potest; also potest alone; e.g. it is possible that others believe so potest ut alii ita arbitrentur; Vid: Ter. Andr. 2 1 27: (β) it can happen be done fieri or effici potest. Also frequently simply potest (for fieri potest); e.g. so little is this possible now ut enim id non potest. How is it possible? qui potest? if it is possible si potest: as much as possible quantum potest (poterit etc.); Vid: Cic. Eccl. p. 102 sq.: it is possible that etc. fieri potest ut etc.; est ut etc. (see Ramsh. § 184 1): that this is very possible id facile effici posse: (γ) it may have happened factum esse potest; accidisse potest: is it possible? = (α) what do you say? quid ais? (β) what do you mean? ain’? ain’ tu? It is not ppossible but that I etc. fieri non potest ut non or quin etc.; facere non possum ut non (ut nihil etc.): a thing is possible to me alicujus rei faciendae facultatem habeo; possum aliquid facere: if it be at all or by any means possible si ulla ratione efficere possum (potes etc.); si ullo modo fieri poterit. [☞ The Latin also expresses our “if possible ” in many cases by utique; as Quint. 10 1 20 perlectus liber utique ex integro resumendus should if possible be read over again; Vid: Herzog in loc. cit. p. 99.] As far as possible quoad fieri potest or poterit: as... as possible quam with a superlative; e.g. as early as possible quam maturrime; or by quam ... potero; e.g. I will do it as shortly as possible agam quam brevissime potero: in every possible manner quacumque ratione; omnibus rebus: as possible fieri potest ut etc. (it is possible that etc.) or by fore (especially with putare exspectare pollicere and like words); e.g. what sight do we imagine as possible if etc. quod tandem spectaculum fore putamus cum etc. (Cic. Tusc. 1 20 45): all possible omnes omnia: all possible kinds of torture omnia exempla cruciatus: to try or to do everything possible omnia facere or omnia experiri; nihil inexpertum omittere; nihil sibi reliqui facere in aliqua re (facienda): “not possible” may sometimes be translated by inveniri posse esse negare etc.; e.g. no third supposition is possible; or it is not possible to make a third supposition tertium nihil inveniri potest or tertium esse quidquam nego: as far as possible quoad ejus fieri potest: as well as possible quantum or quam maxime possum (as much as I can): quantum in me situm est (as much as lies in me): pro viribus (according to my strength: ☞ not pro virili parte).
quod fieri or effici potest (that may happen or can be done): quod per rerum naturam admitti potest (that is not against the nature of things). ☞ These words Paullus Sent. 3 4 § 1. very suitably uses as a circumlocution for the unclassical possibilis which Quint. 3 8 25 terms an appellatio dura and can be endured only as a philosophical technical term. Potis pote are not adjectives but adverbs and occur (rarely in Cic. more frequently in the comic writers) only in the phrase potis est and pote for potest potest esse or fieri. A possible case conditio quae per rerum naturam admitti potest; also simply conditio (Cic. C. Rabir. perd. 5 16): it is possible i.e. (α) it can be esse potest; also potest alone; e.g. it is possible that others believe so potest ut alii ita arbitrentur; Vid: Ter. Andr. 2 1 27: (β) it can happen be done fieri or effici potest. Also frequently simply potest (for fieri potest); e.g. so little is this possible now ut enim id non potest. How is it possible? qui potest? if it is possible si potest: as much as possible quantum potest (poterit etc.); Vid: Cic. Eccl. p. 102 sq.: it is possible that etc. fieri potest ut etc.; est ut etc. (see Ramsh. § 184 1): that this is very possible id facile effici posse: (γ) it may have happened factum esse potest; accidisse potest: is it possible? = (α) what do you say? quid ais? (β) what do you mean? ain’? ain’ tu? It is not ppossible but that I etc. fieri non potest ut non or quin etc.; facere non possum ut non (ut nihil etc.): a thing is possible to me alicujus rei faciendae facultatem habeo; possum aliquid facere: if it be at all or by any means possible si ulla ratione efficere possum (potes etc.); si ullo modo fieri poterit. [☞ The Latin also expresses our “if possible ” in many cases by utique; as Quint. 10 1 20 perlectus liber utique ex integro resumendus should if possible be read over again; Vid: Herzog in loc. cit. p. 99.] As far as possible quoad fieri potest or poterit: as... as possible quam with a superlative; e.g. as early as possible quam maturrime; or by quam ... potero; e.g. I will do it as shortly as possible agam quam brevissime potero: in every possible manner quacumque ratione; omnibus rebus: as possible fieri potest ut etc. (it is possible that etc.) or by fore (especially with putare exspectare pollicere and like words); e.g. what sight do we imagine as possible if etc. quod tandem spectaculum fore putamus cum etc. (Cic. Tusc. 1 20 45): all possible omnes omnia: all possible kinds of torture omnia exempla cruciatus: to try or to do everything possible omnia facere or omnia experiri; nihil inexpertum omittere; nihil sibi reliqui facere in aliqua re (facienda): “not possible” may sometimes be translated by inveniri posse esse negare etc.; e.g. no third supposition is possible; or it is not possible to make a third supposition tertium nihil inveniri potest or tertium esse quidquam nego: as far as possible quoad ejus fieri potest: as well as possible quantum or quam maxime possum (as much as I can): quantum in me situm est (as much as lies in me): pro viribus (according to my strength: ☞ not pro virili parte).
possible:
1. *possĭbĭlis, e (a late and harsh word, appellatio dura: only fit for technical lang.): Quint. 3, 8, 25 (δυνατόν, quod nostri possibile nominant).
2. usu. better expr. by posse: it is p. I am mistaken, potest fieri ut fallar, Cic. Fam. 13, 73: as far as p., ut potest (sc. fieri), ib. 1, 2, fin. (colloq.): oftener as verb pers.: (I did it) with all p. earnestness and care, ut gravissime diligentissimeque potui, ib. 7, 17.
3. expr. as ... as possible, by quam, with superl. of adjj. and advv.: to sow the largest amount p., quam maximas sementes facere, Caes. B. G. 1, 3 (or with posse expr.): as often as p., quam saepissime, Cic. Fam. 13, 6, fin.: et pass. Phr.: every p. torture, mental and bodily, omnes animi cruciatus et corporis, Cic. Cat. 4, 5, extr.: he was suffering the greatest p. agony, tantus aderat dolor ut nihil ad ejus magnitudinem posset accedere, id. Fin. 2, 30, init.: what p. crime have I committed? quid tandem (like Gr. πότε) admisi in me? Pl. Men. 5, 1, 12: Cic.
1. *possĭbĭlis, e (a late and harsh word, appellatio dura: only fit for technical lang.): Quint. 3, 8, 25 (δυνατόν, quod nostri possibile nominant).
2. usu. better expr. by posse: it is p. I am mistaken, potest fieri ut fallar, Cic. Fam. 13, 73: as far as p., ut potest (sc. fieri), ib. 1, 2, fin. (colloq.): oftener as verb pers.: (I did it) with all p. earnestness and care, ut gravissime diligentissimeque potui, ib. 7, 17.
3. expr. as ... as possible, by quam, with superl. of adjj. and advv.: to sow the largest amount p., quam maximas sementes facere, Caes. B. G. 1, 3 (or with posse expr.): as often as p., quam saepissime, Cic. Fam. 13, 6, fin.: et pass. Phr.: every p. torture, mental and bodily, omnes animi cruciatus et corporis, Cic. Cat. 4, 5, extr.: he was suffering the greatest p. agony, tantus aderat dolor ut nihil ad ejus magnitudinem posset accedere, id. Fin. 2, 30, init.: what p. crime have I committed? quid tandem (like Gr. πότε) admisi in me? Pl. Men. 5, 1, 12: Cic.