vălentĭa, ae, f. [valens, from valeo],
I bodily strength , vigor (ante- and post-class.): sapientia gubernator navem torquet, non valentia, Titin. ap. Non. 186, 25; Naev. ib.; Macr. Somn. Scip. 2, 14 med. ; Tert. adv. Jud. 9.—
B Capacity , endowment : ultra communem hominum valentiam perspicaces, Boëth. Cons. Phil. 1.