sovereign

sovereign
adj.
P. and V. κύ̄ριος.
Potent efficacious: P. and V. δραστήριος.
Sovereign throne: V. θρόνοι πά̆ναρχοι.
Sovereign power: V. παντελὴς μοναρχία, ἡ.

sovereign
subs.
P. and V. βᾰσῐλεύς, ὁ ; see king, chief.

SOVEREIGN

adj. supremus: summus (supreme highest). A sovereign prince rex sui juris. A sovereign people natio dominatrix or penes quam est summa rerum; populus sui juris: sovereign power summa potestas; summum imperium (Cic.); summa rerum; omnium rerum potestas (Nep.).

sovereign (an English coin): aureus numus (worth about 1l. 1s. 1-1/2d. present money, but in Rome, acc. to the relative value of gold and silver, worth only about 17s. 8-1/2d.: v. Smith's Dict. Ant. p. 182): Plin. 33, 3, 13, § 47: Cic. Phil. 12, 8, 20.

sovereign (subs.: a supreme ruler):

1. princeps, ĭpis, c.: here mayest thou love to be called sire and s., hic ames dici pater atque p., Hor. Od. 1, 2, 50: Ov.: Tac.: v. EMPEROR.

2. rex, rēgīna: v. KING, QUEEN.

3. ty̆rannus: v. MONARCH.

4. dŏmĭnus (rare in this sense): the Roman people, conqueror and s. of the world. P. R., d. atque victor omnium gentium, Cic. Planc. 4, 11: v. also DESPOT.

5. dŏmĭnātor, ōris, m.: God, the s. of the world, d. rerum (Deus), Cic. N. D. 2, 2, 4.

6. regnātor, ōris, m.: s. of Olympus supreme, r. summi Olympi, Virg. Aen. 7, 558: cf. r. omnium deus, Tac. G. 39.

7. expr. by pŏtens, with gen. of subs. (poet.): the goddess, s. of Cyprus, diva p. Cypri, Hor. Od. 1, 3, 1: cf. silvarum p. Diana, id. Carm. Sec. 1: rerum omnium p. Jupiter, Tac. H. 4, 84, extr. (N.B.--Not p. imperii s. regni, wh. = able to command.) Special Phr.: (i.) a s.: quem penes omnium summa rerum, based on Cic. Rep. 1, 26, 42 (v. MONARCHICAL): cui rerum summa potestas, Virg. Aen. 10, 100: ad quem unum omnis potentia collata est (based on Tac. H. 1, 1, init., omnem potentiam ad unum conferri pacis). (ii.) to be s.: may be expr. by dŏmĭnāri, regnāre (v. TO REIGN): or by circuml.: e. g., imperii summam tenere, Caes. B. G. 2, 23. (iii.) to make s.: Cingetorix was made s., Cingetorigi principatus atque imperium est traditum, id. B. G. 6, 8. cf. Caesari M. Antonium regnum detulisse, Cic. Phil. 2, 34, 87: sibi regnum civitatis deferre, Caes. B. G. 5, 6: regnum alicui permittere, Hor. S. 1, 3, 123: exercitus summam imperii ad eum deferre, Nep. Hannib. 3, init. (iv.) to become s., potiri rerum (v. SOVEREIGNTY).

sovereign (adj.):

I. Supreme or independent, q. v.: a s. prince or people, perh. *rex s. populus sui juris (Georg.): v. also SOVEREIGN (subs.). For s. power, v. SOVEREIGNTY.

II. Influential, powerful, q. v.

III. Effectual (of medical remedies), q. v.: vălens, praesens, pŏtens (v. also POWERFUL). Phr.: to be of s. efficacy, eximie prodesse, Plin. 29, 6, 38, § 126: to have a s. contempt for, plane s. valde s. vehementer contemnere, Cic.