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poto
poto
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *peh₃-. Cognate with Old Church Slavonic пити (piti), Ancient Greek πίνω (pínō), Sanskrit पिबति (píbati).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpoː.toː/
Verb
pōtō (present infinitive pōtāre, perfect active pōtāvī, supine pōtum); first conjugation
- I drink (liquor)
Usage notes
A variant of the 4th principal part of this verb is the regular pōtātum.
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References
- poto in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- poto in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to drink to excess; to be a drunkard: potare
- to drink to excess; to be a drunkard: potare
- poto in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
Tahitian
Adjective
poto
References
- Yves Lemaître, Lexique du tahitien contemporain (Current Tahitian lexicon), 1995.
- “poto” in Dictionnaire en ligne Tahitien/Français (Online Tahitian–French Dictionary), by the Tahitian Academy.