potans
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;
acc. sg. pres. act. part.nom. sg. pres. act. part.voc. sg. pres. act. part.
Examples
Persa
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...suadet sui parasiti filia. Atque ita intricatum ludit potans Dordalum. ACTVS I I.i TOXILVS Qui amans egens ingressus..."Liber IV
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...petit frustraque laborat in medioque sitit torrenti flumine potans, sic in amore Venus simulacris ludit amantis, nec satiare..."