potorius

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

pōtōrĭus, a, um, adj. [potor],

I of or belonging to drinking , drinking - (post-Aug.): potoria vasa, Plin. 36, 7, 12, § 59: argentum, silver drinking-vessels , Dig. 34, 2, 22: sil, i. e. liquidum, Pelag. Veter. 21: PRAEPOSITVS AVRI POTORII, superintendent of the golden drinking-vessels , an officer at court, Inscr. Grut. 1111, 13: AB ARGENTO POTORIO, ib. 582, 9; Inscr. Murat. 895, 2.—

II Subst.: pōtōrĭum , ii, n., a drinking-vessel , goblet (post-Aug.): potoria gemmata, Plin. 37, 2, 6, § 17: aurea, id. 33, 10, 47, § 136: parvula, id. 33, 12, 55, § 157.