potor

pōtor, ōris, m. [poto], a drinker.

I.

In gen. ( poet. ):

aquae potores,

Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 3.—

B.

Transf.:

Rhodanique potor,

i. e. the dweller by the Rhone, Hor. C. 2, 20, 20. —

II.

In partic., a hard drinker, a drunkard, sot, toper, tippler ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

potorum rixae,

Prop. 1, 16, 5:

potores bibuli Falerni,

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 91; id. S. 2, 4, 59:

acres,

id. ib. 2, 8, 37:

nobilis,

Mart. 6, 78, 1; Plin. 23, 8, 75, § 145; 23, 4, 50, § 96; 20, 23, 99, § 263.