potito Latin · revision 36878

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=la pōtō}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''pōtitō''' (present infinitive pōtitāre, perfect active pōtitāvī, supine pōtitātum); first conjugation^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|pōtō|-itō|t1=to drink]], a frequentative verb.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(TLL) De Vaan lists it among the derivatives of [[m|la|pōtus|t=drunk]], which he traces to [[itc-pro|*pōto-]] and [[ine-pro|*ph₃-to-|t=drunk]], from the root [[m|ine-pro|*peh₃-|t=to drink]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ Words from the same root include [[grc|πῶθι|tr=pôthi|t=drink!]], an Aeolic form.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It is found only in Plautus,^(de Vaan 2008)^(Lewis & Short 1879) who in the ''Amphitruo'' speaks of the golden bowl from which King Pterela used to drink: ''quī Pterela pōtitāre rēx est solitus''.^(TLL)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to drink often or habitually.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) Besides the ''Amphitruo'', Plautus uses it in the ''Asinaria'' of drinking cups with someone,^(TLL)^(Georges 1913) and in the ''Miles Gloriosus'' contrasts those who are drunk with those who drink ''pōsca'', vinegar and water.^(TLL)^(Conte 2010) The TLL also notes the form ''pōtita'' on a Christian glass vessel beside ''propīna'', “drink a toast”, where it may be an imperative or a name.^(TLL)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of habitual drinking.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|drink]] often, continuously or habitually.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}