potuisti

Potuisti is a Latin word. It is the second-person singular perfect active indicative form of the verb posse, which means "to be able to" or "can". Therefore, "potuisti" translates directly to "you were able to" or "you could have". This form signifies an action that was possible for the subject (you) in the past, and that the action was completed or that the ability existed and was relevant to a past context. It is commonly encountered in classical Latin literature and in texts derived from Latin. The perfect tense in Latin often conveys a sense of completed action or a state that has come into being, and when applied to posse, it emphasizes that the capacity to do something existed and was relevant at a specific point in the past. For example, in a sentence like "Tu potuisti hoc facere," it means "You were able to do this." The context in which "potuisti" appears will further clarify whether it refers to a specific instance of successful action or a general past ability.