potando
Dictionary entries
- Entry →poto, potare, potavi, potus:
Verb · 1st conjugation
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
drink; drink heavily/convivially, tipple; swallow; absorb, soak up;
abl. sg. fut. pass. part.abl. sg. fut. pass. part.dat. sg. fut. pass. part.dat. sg. fut. pass. part.
Examples
Rudens
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...nunc ubi est leno Labrax? AMP. Periit potando, opinor. Neptunus magnis poculis hac nocte eum invitavit. TRACH. Credo..."Germania
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from Minor Works
"...saepe ad convivia procedunt armati. Diem noctemque continuare potando nulli probrum. Crebrae, ut inter vinolentos, rixae raro conviciis..."