potus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →potus, pota, potum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
drunk; drunk up, drained; having drunk; being drunk, drunken, intoxicated;
nom. sg. (m.) - Entry →poto, potare, potavi, potus:
Verb · 1st conjugation
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
drink; drink heavily/convivially, tipple; swallow; absorb, soak up;
nom. sg. perf. pass. part. - Entry →potus, potus:
Masculine · Noun · 4th declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
drink/draught; something to drink; (action of) drinking (intoxicating drink);
acc. pl.gen. sg.nom. pl.nom. sg.voc. pl.voc. sg.
Examples
Liber II
Aulus Gellius
"...poto" et "cenatus sum" et "pransus sum" et "potus sum" dicamus, a "destringor" tamen et "extergeor" et "lavor..."Liber I
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...curritur" et "mare navigatur". XXIX. "Pransus" quoque ac "potus" diversum valet quam indicat. Quid quod multa verba..."Sermones II
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...mutatus Polemon? ponas insignia morbi, fasciolas, cubital, focalia, potus ut ille dicitur ex collo furtim carpsisse coronas, postquam..."Sermones I
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...porrecto iugulo historias captivus ut audit. conminxit lectum potus mensave catillum Euandri manibus tritum deiecit: ob hanc..."Ars Poetica
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace)
"...grata nouitate morandus spectator functusque sacris et potus et exlex. Verum ita risores, ita commendare dicacis conueniet Satyros..."Liber XIV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...aquae Marciae ad urbem deductae nando incesserat; videbaturque potus sacros et caerimoniam loci corpore loto polluisse. secutaque anceps..."
