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potio

potio, a drinking

pōtĭo, ōnis, f. [poto], a drinking, a drink, draught, abstr. and concr. (class.).
  • I In gen.
          • α Abstr.: in mediā potione, Cic. Clu. 10, 30; cf.: contemptissimis escis et potionibus, id. Fin. 2, 28, 90.—
          • β Concr.: cum cibo et potione fames sitisque depulsa est, Cic. Fin. 1, 11, 37: multo cibo et potione completi, id. Tusc. 5, 35, 100: cibus et potio, Varr. R. R. 1, 1, 5: A POTIONE, a cup-bearer, Inscr. Grut. 578, 1.—
  • II In partic.
    • A A poisonous draught: potione mulierem sustulit, Cic. Clu. 14, 40; cf.: potio mortis causa data. Quint. Decl. 350: haec potio torquet, Juv. 6, 624.—
    • B A draught or potion given by physicians: dare potionis aliquid, Plaut. Men. 5, 5, 21 (919): potiones ad id efficaces, Cels. 4, 8.—
    • C A magic potion, philter (poet.), Hor. Epod. 5, 73.—
  • III Trop.: nam mihi jam intus potione juncea onerabo gulam, load my throat with a draught of rushes, i. e. hang myself with a rope of rushes, Plaut. Stich. 4, 2, 56 (634).
pŏtĭo, īvi, īre, v. a. [potis],
  • to put into the power of, to subject to any one: eum nunc potivit pater Servitutis, made a slave of him, reduced him to slavery, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 23 (175): potitu'st hostium, fallen into the enemy's hands, id. Capt. 1, 1, 24 (92); 1, 2, 41 (150); 3, 5, 104 (762); cf. id. Ep. 4, 1, 5 (530); 4, 1, 35 (560); Paul. ex Fest. p. 250 Müll.

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