poto, potare, potavi, potus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · variant: 1st
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
drink; drink heavily/convivially, tipple; swallow; absorb, soak up;
Conjugations
Finite Forms
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | poto | potamus |
| 2 | potas | potatis |
| 3 | potat | potant |
Infinitives
| Voice | Tense | Forms |
|---|---|---|
| active | present | potare |
| active | perfect | potavisse |
| passive | present | potari |
Imperatives
active
present
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | pota | potate |
future
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | potato | potatote |
| 3 | potato | potanto |
passive
present
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | potare | potamini |
future
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | potator | — |
| 3 | potator | potantor |
Participles
Perfect Passive Participle
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | potus | poti |
| Gen. | poti | potorum |
| Dat. | poto | — |
| Acc. | potum | potos |
| Voc. | pote | poti |
| Abl. | poto | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | pota | potae |
| Gen. | potae | potarum |
| Dat. | potae | — |
| Acc. | potam | potas |
| Voc. | pota | potae |
| Abl. | pota | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | potum | pota |
| Gen. | poti | potorum |
| Dat. | poto | — |
| Acc. | potum | pota |
| Voc. | potum | pota |
| Abl. | poto | — |
Gerundive
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | potandus | — |
| Gen. | potandi | — |
| Dat. | potando | — |
| Acc. | potandum | — |
| Voc. | potande | — |
| Abl. | potando | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | potanda | — |
| Gen. | potandae | — |
| Dat. | potandae | — |
| Acc. | potandam | — |
| Voc. | potanda | — |
| Abl. | potanda | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | potandum | — |
| Gen. | potandi | — |
| Dat. | potando | — |
| Acc. | potandum | — |
| Voc. | potandum | — |
| Abl. | potando | — |
Supines
accusative: potum; ablative: potu
Examples
- A
Liber II
Aulus Gellius
"...pinxi". Cumque" inquit "a "ceno" et "prandeo" et "poto" et "cenatus sum" et "pransus sum" et "potus..." Liber XII
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...fututam Dicis, Saenia: sed negant latrones. XXVII Poto ego sextantes, tu potas, Cinna, deunces: Et quereris quod..."Liber V
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...Laelia, Quinte, uxorem potes hanc dicere legitimam. Profecit poto Mithridates saepe ueneno toxica ne possent saeua nocere sibi..."- L
Liber X
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...etiam si temulentus sit, licet colligas nec veneno poto moriturum nec sopore sumpto dormiturum nec elleboro accepto quidquid..." - L
Liber III
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...idem in omnibus efficiat, esse in Cappadocia quo poto equis nec ulli praeterea animali color mutetur et spargatur..." 
Liber Quartus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...perhibetur aquis; huc mergere suetae ora et anhelantes poto Phlegethonte cerastas, seu Thracum uertere domos, seu tecta Mycenes..."