poto

poto, to drink

domum bene potus redibat
intoxicated, he was returning home

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

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 (586).—
- 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, 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 (1312): potaturus est apud me, Ter. Phorm. 837: 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. 117: 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.

pōto, pōtāvī, pōtātum u. pōtum, āre (Intens. v. Stamme pō, wov. unmittelbar noch die zweite Supin-Form potum u. die Partizz. potus u. poturus u. posca), in starken Zügen-, sich satt-, sich voll trinken, I) eig.: 1) im allg.: α) m. Acc.: aquas, Ov.: vinum, Plin.: album an atrum (roten) vinum potas? Plaut.: vinum moderate potatum, Vulg.: aliqui fontes potati, Cassiod. – bei Dichtern von denen, die am Flusse wohnen, -sich aufhalten, fera, quae potat Araxen, Sen. poët.: sonipes, qui potat stagna Tagi, Claud. – β) absol., cornibus (aus H.), Plin.: u. so cantharo semper, Val. Max.: huc veniunt potum iuvenci, Verg. – 2) prägn.: a) trinken = zechen, saufen, obsonat, potat, Ter.: potaturus est apud me, Ter.: uno cantharo (aus einem B.) potare, Plaut.: unpers., totos dies potabatur, Cic.: estur et potatur incondite, Apul. – b) tränken, zu trinken geben, sitivi et potasti me sitientem, Itala Matth. 25, 35 (u. so öfter bei Eccl., s. Rönsch Itala p. 376): ex hoc frequenter eos potabo, Th. Prisc. 2, 14: felle et aceto potatus, Tert. de spect. 30: et omnes in uno spiritu potati sunt, Vulg. 1. Corinth. 12, 13. – II) übtr.: A) trinken, einsaugen, in sich ziehen, vestis sudorem potat, Lucr.: Aquinatem potantia vellera fucum, Hor.: quinis lana potat (purpurae colorem) horis, Plin. – B) trinken, sich durch Trinken zuziehen, crapulam, sich einen Rausch trinken, Plaut. rud. 587. – ➳ Vom Stamme pō unmittelbar abgeleitete Particc., a) pōtus, a, um, α) passiv = getrunken, ausgetrunken, sanguine poto, Cic.: veneno poto mori, Sen.: poti faece tenus cadi, Hor. – β) aktiv = der getrunken hat, potus sum, ich habe getrunken, üblich nach Varro bei Gell. 2, 25, 7. – gew. angetrunken, betrunken, anus, Hor.: bene p., Cic. – b) pōtūrus, a, um, absol. od. m. Acc. (zB. vinum), Cato r. r. 156, 4. Plin. 10, 125; 14, 58 u.a. Tibull. 1, 3, 78. Prop. 4, 4, 6. Stat. Theb. 12, 719. Suet. Ner. 48, 3 Ihm. Claud. in Eutrop. 2, 251. Lucan. 5, 712 (dagegen potaturus, Ter. Phorm. 837). – Parag. Infin. potarier, Plaut. most. 958.

…collo. frondibus arboreis et amara pascitur herba, proque toro terrae non semper gramen habenti incubat infelix limosaque flumina potat. Illa etiam supplex Argo cum bracchia vellet tendere, non habuit, quae bracchia tenderet Argo, et conata…

Ovid, Metamorphoses
…Loca amoena, voluptaria facile in otio ferocis militum animos molliverant. Ibi primum insuevit exercitus populi Romani amare, potare, signa, tabulas pictas, vasa caelata mirari, ea privatim et publice rapere, delubra spoliare, sacra…

Sallust, Catilina
…Magni pater Philoctetes sqq. Philocteteus clamor Philodemus Epicureus Phoenice s. Phoenica physica πρόδηα cognitio naturae explicatio naturae Pindarus poëta Piso Frugi v. Calpurnius PisoFrugi M. Piso v. M. Pupius PisoFrugi Calpurnianus Plato philosophus. de…

M. Tullius Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum
…sq. appetitus animi Arcesilas Academicus, Polemonis auditor de eiusdisserendi more sqq. quomodo tulerit dolorem sqq. Archilochus poëta Archimedes Syracusanus Archytas Pythagoreus Argolicum decus i. e. Ulixes Arion Pythagoreus Aristides Aristippeum genus voluptatis sq. Aristippus…

M. Tullius Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum
…Timaeus Pythagoreus Timocrates, frater MetrodoriEpicurei, heres Epicuri Torquatus, Torquati v. Manlius Torquatus Q. Trabea, poëta comicus Triarius v. C. Valerius Triarius Trltanius centurio Troia Tubero v. Aelius Tubero Tubulus v. Hostilius…

M. Tullius Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum
…LIBER SECUNDUS atqui si id crederemus, non egeremus perpendiculis non normis non regulis. quid lunae quae liniamenta sint potesne dicere ne, cuius et nascentis et inseniscentis alias hebetiora alias acutiora videntur cornua. quid tam planum videtur quam…

M. Tullius Cicero, Academica
…Graecorum conviviis optinetur aut bibat inquit aut abeat. et recte. aut enim fruatur aliquis pariter cum aliis voluptate potandi aut, ne sobrius in violentiam vinolentorum incidat, ante discedat. sic iniurias fortunae, quas ferre nequeas ,…

M. Tullius Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes
…Tarentini Tarentum L. Tarquinius Collatinus consul a ., Lucretiae maritus sq. L. Tarquinius Superbus rex Terentius poëta. elus Andria versus ex elus Heautontimorumeno sq. I I sq. I sqq. I sq. Themista…

M. Tullius Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum
…hominibus condonabantur ; alia mimi rapiebant, alia mimae ; domus erat aleatoribus referta, plena ebriorum ; totos dies potabatur atque id locis pluribus ; suggerebantur etiam saepe non enim semper iste felix damna aleatoria ; conchyliatis Cn. Pompei…

Cicero, Philippicae
…animo es Molli, qui consuetu s in armis Aevom a gere. .. .. .. intellegit poëta prudens ferendi doloris consuetudinem esse non contemnendam magistram. atque ille non inmoderate magno in dolore Retine te, tenete…

M. Tullius Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes

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Collocations

vinum 126
aqua 90
cum 64
radix 59
item 52
folium 37
aut 36
idem 33
decoquo 32
vel 31

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