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poculum.

cup, bowl, drinking vessel; drink/draught; social drinking (pl.); drink;

7 characters3 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈpoː.kʊ.ɫũː]Classical-Latin[ˈpɔː.ku.lum]
  1. a drinking cup

    declension-2
    Vīsne pōculum merī?
  2. as used in context to describe the experience of social drinking: having a drink, etc.

    declension-2
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Italic *pōklom, from Proto-Indo-European *péh₃tlom, derived from the root *peh₃- (“to drink”) (whence also bibō). It is possible that an earlier form of the word prior to the sound change of *-tl- > *-kl- was loaned into Etruscan putlumza. Cognate with Old Irish ól, and Sanskrit पात्र (pātra).

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