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OP tsuwm's useless word compotation today caught my eye and probably ear, too, since I've been hearing reports of the need for 'potable' water in southern Iraq. tsuwm informed us that compotation is the act of drinking together. I'll assume that the 'pot' is a root having to do with drinking that connects compotation and potable.
But my question is: What are some other words that have to do with drinking that derive from the 'pot' root [Latin: potare]?
?potion
"Potable" and all related words hark back to one of the most debowdlerised Latin words used by that thirsty race. Here are some related Latin words from an online dictionary and their English definitions. You can tell that the meaning and content of the basic word poto potare potavi potatum underwent expansion over time ...
potatio -onis f. [a drinking bout].
potio (1) -onis f. [drinking; a drink , a draught]; esp. [a love-draught, philtre].
poto potare potavi potatum and potum [to drink]; esp. [to drink heavily]; of things , [to absorb]. Hence partic. potus -a -um: pass. [drunk, drained]; act. [having drunk, drunken].
potor -oris m. [a drinker]; esp. [a tippler , drunkard].
potulentus (poculentus) -a -um [drinkable; drunk , intoxicated].
potus (1) -a -um partic. from poto; q.v.
potus (2) -us m. [a drinking , draught].
FWIW
- Pfranz
symposium?
symposium
Same IE root but through the Latin from the Greek, posis, drinking.
Let us not forget our men who are fighting in Mesopotamia,
"The land between the rivers" (Tigris and Euphrates).
Dear WW: and they might see a hippopotamux.
Mesopotamia
Different root:
http://www.bartleby.com/61/roots/IE405.html
We been through this before.
Closer related are beer, bibulous and poison:
http://www.bartleby.com/61/roots/IE417.html
Dear Faldage: what is your point? the citation in AHD says
"pet" and "pot" words are from same root
And I have seen Mesopotamia" called the lande between the rivers by competent scholars.
And the bulbous beasts called "river horses" by ditto.
coincidentally (or not), I received this reply from a subscriber: this would be a synonym for Symposium - no? Coming through a different root language?
I should send this guy a link..
p.s. - following up on Pfranz' post, I offer a little drink of love potion #9 to Faldage and dr. bill.
the citation in AHD says "pet" and "pot" words are from same root
Yeahbutİ, poi isn't.
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