poculo

Learned borrowing from Latin pōculum, pōclum from Proto-Italic *pōtlom, from Proto-Indo-European *péh₃tlom, derived from the root *peh₃- (“to drink”). Cognate with Hindi पात्र (pātra) and Irish ól.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔ.ku.lo/
• Rhymes: -ɔkulo
• Hyphenation: pò‧cu‧lo

poculo m (plural poculi)

1. (Ancient Rome) container, vessel

   Synonym: recipiente

2. (archaeology) poculum (cup-shaped drinking vessel)
3. (literary, rare) cup, chalice, goblet

   Synonyms: bicchiere, calice

4. (literary, rare) drink, beverage

   Synonyms: bevanda, (literary, archaic) poto

   • 1619, Michelangelo Buonarroti the Younger, La fiera‎^[1], published 1726, page 88:

     Vieni ſciocco, e guardiam ſe fuor di porta, ¶ Se per quell'oſterie ſtia mercanteſſa ¶ A 'ncaparrar l'amor de' paſſeggieri, ¶ Ciurmatrice di poculi amatorj.

     Come, you fool, and let's make sure if outside, in those taverns, is a merchantess selling the love of passersby, a breweress of love potions.

• bucchero
• potabile
• potare
• poto
• pozione

• poculo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

• copulo, copulò

From pōculum +‎ -ō.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈpoː.kʊ.ɫoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈpɔː.ku.lo]

pōculō (present infinitive pōculāre, perfect active pōculāvī, supine pōculātum); first conjugation

1. (Medieval Latin) to drink

• → German: pokulieren

pōculō

1. dative/ablative singular of pōculum

• R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “poculare”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎^[2], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC