catapotium

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

cătăpŏtĭum, ii, n., = καταπότιον (that which is swallowed down);

in medicine, a pill , Cels. 4, 8; Plin. 28, 1, 2, § 7; Scrib. Comp. 89; cf. id. ib. 87.