LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivethird-declension one-termination adjective

omnipotēns

omnipotēns (genitive omnipotentis, comparative omnipotēntior, superlative omnipotēntissimus)
Classical[ɔmˈnɪ.pɔ.tẽːs]Ecclesiastical[omˈniː.po.tens]

Meaning

  1. one terminationomnipotent, all-powerful, almighty

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeomnipotēnsomnipotēnsomnipotēns
genitiveomnipotentisomnipotentisomnipotentis
dativeomnipotentīomnipotentīomnipotentī
accusativeomnipotentemomnipotentemomnipotēns
ablativeomnipotentī
omnipotente		omnipotentī
omnipotente		omnipotentī
omnipotente
vocativeomnipotēnsomnipotēnsomnipotēns
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeomnipotentēsomnipotentēsomnipotentia
genitiveomnipotentiumomnipotentiumomnipotentium
dativeomnipotentibusomnipotentibusomnipotentibus
accusativeomnipotentīs
omnipotentēs		omnipotentīs
omnipotentēs		omnipotentia
ablativeomnipotentibusomnipotentibusomnipotentibus
vocativeomnipotentēsomnipotentēsomnipotentia

omnĭpŏtens, ntis, adj. omnis-potens,
I. all-powerful, almighty, omnipotent (poet. and in post-class. prose), Enn. ap. Non. 111, 15 (Trag. v. 202 Vahl.): Juppiter, id. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 1, 254 (Ann. v. 446 Vahl.); Cat. 64, 171: pater, Ov. M. 1, 154.—Absol.: arcuit omnipotens, Ov. M. 2, 505; so, annuit omnipotens, id. ib. 14, 816: Neptunus, Turp. ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 34, 73: regina, i. e. Juno, Val. Fl. 1, 81: fortuna, Verg. A. 8, 334: Juppiter, Val. Max. 1, 6, 12 init.—Comp.: nam si ideo omnipotens Pater, qui Filium habet, omnipotentior ergo esse potuit, si plures haberet, Ambros. Fide, 4, 8, § 85.— Sup.: deus ille omnipotentissimus, Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 17 med.; Aug. Conf. 1, 4: creator, id. Civ. Dei, 21, 9.—Very freq. in eccl. Lat., with Dominus, Deus, etc.; and as subst.: Omnĭpŏtens, ntis, m., the Almighty: Omnipotens nomen ejus, Vulg. Exod. 15, 3: nec Omnipotens subvertet judicium, id. Job, 34, 12.—Hence, adv.: om-nĭpŏtenter, almightily, omnipotently, Aug. Civ. Dei, 14, 27 init.

Origins

Compound of omni(s) (“all”) + potēns (“powerful”).

Descendants
  • Catalanomnipotent
  • Englishomnipotent
  • Italianonnipotente
  • Frenchomnipotentfrom Old French omnipotent
  • Portugueseomnipotente
  • Portugueseonipotente
  • Romanianomnipotent
  • Spanishomnipotente
  • Friulianonipotent
  • Galicianomnipotente

In English words that came into English from omnipotēns

  • omnipotentomnipotēns
  • omnipotenceomnipotentia
  • omnipotencyomnipotentia

Quick answers

What does omnipotēns mean in Latin?
omnipotēns, a adjective, means “omnipotent, all-powerful, almighty”.
How do you pronounce omnipotēns?
In classical Latin, [ɔmˈnɪ.pɔ.tẽːs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [omˈniː.po.tens].
Which English words come from omnipotēns?
English words that go back to Latin omnipotēns include omnipotent, omnipotence and omnipotency.