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Jean Thomas, « Sur le champ lexical du pouvoir en latin », Vita Latina (documents), ID : 10.3406/vita.2012.1741
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Semantic comparison of terms discloses several representations of power : either sovereign authority requiring obedience (imperare, imperium, dominari, rex, and their associated negative connotations) ; the expression of will, whether by incitation (iubere) or strong approval encouraging action (deis approbantibus) ; the determination of a bearing beyond competing tensions (gubernare, rector) ; or a dynamics (the uis uerborum or contentio of eloquence, political potential or potestas, or giving way to or resisting passion as expressed in a variety of metaphors).
