Potina

Latin

Etymology

From pōtō (“I drink”) +‎ -īnus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /poːˈtiː.na/, [poːˈt̪iːnä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /poˈti.na/, [poˈt̪iːnä]

Proper noun

Pōtīna f sg (genitive Pōtīnae); first declension

1. (Roman mythology) The goddess that presides over children's drinking

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Pōtīna
genitive	Pōtīnae
dative	Pōtīnae
accusative	Pōtīnam
ablative	Pōtīnā
vocative	Pōtīna

References

• “Potina”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Potina in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.