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potus.

drink/draught; something to drink; (action of) drinking (intoxicating drink);

5 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

adj[ˈpoː.tʊs]Classical-Latin[ˈpɔː.tus]
  1. drunk (intoxicated)

    declension-1 · declension-2 · participle
Where this word comes from

Ultimately from the root Proto-Indo-European *peh₃-. De Vaan reconstructs Proto-Italic *pōtos (“drunk”) from Proto-Indo-European *ph₃tós (“(having been) drunk; having drunk”) with replacement of expected *-a- by *-ō- under the influence of the root aorist *péh₃t. Possibly cognate with Umbrian punes, which could come from a pre-form *pō-ni-. Aside from its use as an adjective, pōtus also functions synchronically in Latin as an anomalously formed perfect passive participle of the verb pōtō (“to drink”), competing with the regularly formed pōtātus.

verb[ˈpoː.tʊs]Classical-Latin[ˈpɔː.tus]
  1. drunk, having been drunk

    declension-1 · declension-2 · participle
  2. drained, having been drained

    declension-1 · declension-2 · participle
Where this word comes from

Ultimately from the root Proto-Indo-European *peh₃-. De Vaan reconstructs Proto-Italic *pōtos (“drunk”) from Proto-Indo-European *ph₃tós (“(having been) drunk; having drunk”) with replacement of expected *-a- by *-ō- under the influence of the root aorist *péh₃t. Possibly cognate with Umbrian punes, which could come from a pre-form *pō-ni-. Aside from its use as an adjective, pōtus also functions synchronically in Latin as an anomalously formed perfect passive participle of the verb pōtō (“to drink”), competing with the regularly formed pōtātus.

noun[ˈpoː.tʊs]Classical-Latin[ˈpɔː.tus]
  1. drink, draught

    declension-4
  2. drinking (action)

    declension-4
Where this word comes from

A noun in -tus built on the same stem as pōtus (adjective/participle).

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