potor

Latin

Etymology

The root pō- (as in pōtō) + -tor.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpoː.tor/, [ˈpoːt̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpo.tor/, [ˈpɔːt̪or]

Noun

pōtor m (genitive pōtōris); third declension

1. drinker (especially a hard-drinker)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	pōtor	pōtōrēs
genitive	pōtōris	pōtōrum
dative	pōtōrī	pōtōribus
accusative	pōtōrem	pōtōrēs
ablative	pōtōre	pōtōribus
vocative	pōtor	pōtōrēs

Derived terms

• Rhodanī pōtor

Verb

pōtor

1. first-person singular present passive indicative of pōtō

References

• “potor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “potor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• potor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “pōtor” on page 1,420/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)