poto Latin · revision 8400

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Plautus|origins=ine-pro *peh₃-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈpoː.toː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈpɔː.to]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''pōtō''' (present infinitive pōtāre, perfect active pōtāvī, supine pōtum or pōtātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from ⟨pōtus⟩ “drunk”, with the frequentative suffix ⟨-tō⟩.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces ⟨pōtus⟩ to [[ine-pro|*ph₃-tó-|t=drunk]], from [[ine-pro|*peh₃-|t=to drink]], with the full grade of the root aorist.^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[sa|पिबति|tr=píbati|t=drinks]], [[grc|πίνω|tr=pínō|t=I drink]], [[grc-aeo|πώνω|tr=pṓnō]], [[lt|puotà|t=feast]] and [[hit|pāš-|t=to swallow]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Plautus, of drinking.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to drink, especially convivially, and intransitively to tipple, both in Plautus, and Plautus has ''vīnum pōtāre''.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) In Cicero it meant to swallow a liquid, in Varro to drink to quench thirst, and in Lucretius things soak up liquid.^(OLD 2012)

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+ Its noun ''pōtiō'' gave [[en|potion]], and ''pōtābilis'' gave [[en|potable]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius uses it of soaking up.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|drink]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # To swallow (a liquid).^(OLD 2012)

+ # To tipple, drink heavily.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To soak up, absorb.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[appotus]]

+ * [[compōtō]]

+ * [[ēpōtō]]

+ * [[perpōtō]]

+ * [[pōtābilis]]

+ * [[pōtātiō]]

+ * [[pōtātor]]

+ * [[pōtilis]]

+ * [[pōtiō]]

+ * [[pōtitō]]

+ * [[pōtor]]

+ * [[pōtrīx]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[pōtus]]

+ * [[pōculum]]

+ * [[bibō]]

+ * [[en|potion]]

+ * [[en|potable]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}