poto

pōto, āvi, ātum, or pōtum, 1, v. a. and n. [root po; Gr. pinô, pepôka, to drink; Lat. potus, potor, poculum, etc.].

I.

Act., to drink (ante-class. and post-Aug.; syn. bibo), Caecil. ap. Gell. 2, 23, 13:

aquam,

Suet. Ner. 48; Juv. 5, 52:

vinum,

Plin. 14, 5, 7, § 58:

ut edormiscam hanc crapulam, quam potavi,

this intoxication which I have drunk myself into, Plaut. Rud. 2, 7, 28.—

B.

Transf.

1.

Poet.

a.

Potare flumen aliquod, to drink from a stream, i. q. to dwell by it:

fera, quae gelidum potat Araxen,

Sen. Hippol. 57:

stagna Tagi,

Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 286.—

b.

Of inanim. subjects, [p. 1410] to drink up, to suck or draw in, to absorb moisture ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

vestis sudorem potat,

Lucr. 4, 1128:

potantia vellera fucum,

Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 27:

potanda ferens infantibus ubera,

Juv. 6, 9; Plin. 9, 38, 62, § 134.—

2.

Causative (late Lat.), to give to drink, to cause to drink:

potasti nos vino,

Vulg. Psa. 59, 5:

potaverunt me aceto,

id. ib. 68, 22; id. Ecclus. 15, 3; id. Isa. 49, 10; id. Apoc. 14, 8.—

II.

Neutr., to drink.

A.

In gen. (class.):

redi simul mecum potatum,

Plaut. Ps. 5, 2, 28:

potaturus est apud me,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 5, 9:

si potare velit,

Cic. Brut. 83, 288: potare dilutius, id. Fragm. ap. Amm. 15, 12, 4:

potum veniunt juvenci,

Verg. E. 7, 11: cornibus, from or out of horns, Plin. 11, 37, 45, § 126.—Part.: potatus, caused to drink, furnished with drink:

felle et aceto potatus,

Tert. Spect. 30:

et omnes in spiritu potati sunt,

Vulg. 1 Cor. 12, 13.—

B.

In partic., to drink, tope, tipple (class.):

obsonat, potat, olet unguenta de meo,

Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 37:

ibi primum insuevit exercitus populi Romani amare, potare,

Sall. C. 11, 6:

frui voluptate potandi,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 41, 118:

totos dies potabatur,

id. Phil. 2, 27, 67:

potantibus his apud Sex. Tarquinium,

Liv. 1, 57, 6 al. — Hence, pōtus, a, um, P. a.

I.

Act., that has drunk: et pransus sum, et potus sum, dicamus, Varr. ap. Gell. 2, 25, 7; but usually, drunken, intoxicated (class.):

domum bene potus redire,

Cic. Fam. 7, 22:

inscitia pransi, poti, oscitantis ducis,

id. Mil. 21, 56:

anus,

Hor. C. 4, 13, 5; id. S. 1, 3, 90. —

II.

Pass., that has been drunk, drunk, drunk up, drunk out, drained (class.):

sanguine tauri poto,

Cic. Brut. 11, 43:

poti faece tenus cadi,

Hor. C. 3, 15, 16:

amygdalae ex aquā potae,

Plin. 23, 8, 75, § 144.