pōtātĭo, ōnis, f. [poto],
a drinking , toping , a drinking-bout , potation (class.): prandium aut potatio, Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 46: quosdam hesternā ex potatione oscitantes, Cic. Fragm. ap. Quint. 8, 3, 66: extrema, Sen. Ep. 12, 4.— Plur. , Plaut. Capt. 4, 1, 4; id. Stich. 1, 3, 58: diurnae potationes, Ap. Met. 8, 1, 16.