poturas
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. pl. fut. act. part.
Examples
Liber Duodecimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...quid de strage nefandus perderet, eligitur saeuos potura cruores terra rudis. iamque alternas in proelia gentes dissimilis Bellona..."Liber Sextus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...iliceaeque trabes metuendaque suco taxus et infandos belli potura cruores fraxinus atque situ non expugnabile robur. hinc audax..."Metamorphoses VI
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...positoque genu Titania terram pressit, ut hauriret gelidos potura liquores. rustica turba vetat; dea sic adfata vetantis: 'quid..."