potor

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

pōtor, ōris, m. [poto], a drinker.

I In gen. (poet.): aquae potores, Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 3.—

B Transf.: Rhodanique potor, i. e. the dweller by the Rhone , Hor. C. 2, 20, 20. —

II In partic., a hard drinker , a drunkard , sot , toper , tippler (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): potorum rixae, Prop. 1, 16, 5: potores bibuli Falerni, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 91; id. S. 2, 4, 59: acres, id. ib. 2, 8, 37: nobilis, Mart. 6, 78, 1; Plin. 23, 8, 75, § 145; 23, 4, 50, § 96; 20, 23, 99, § 263.

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