poterium

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ποτήριον (potḗrion, “cup”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /poˈteː.ri.um/, [pɔˈt̪eːriʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /poˈte.ri.um/, [poˈt̪ɛːrium]

Noun

potērium n (genitive potēriī or potērī); second declension

1. goblet, cup

   Synonyms: pōculum, pōcillum

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	potērium	potēria
genitive	potēriī potērī1	potēriōrum
dative	potēriō	potēriīs
accusative	potērium	potēria
ablative	potēriō	potēriīs
vocative	potērium	potēria

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

References

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