poculo

See also: póculo

Italian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin pōculum, pōclum from Proto-Italic *pōtlom, from Proto-Indo-European *péh₃tlom, derived from the root *peh₃- (“to drink”). Cognate with Hindi पात्र (pātra) and Irish ól.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔ.ku.lo/
• Rhymes: -ɔkulo
• Hyphenation: pò‧cu‧lo

Noun

poculo m (plural poculi)

1. (Ancient Rome) container, vessel

   Synonym: recipiente

2. (archaeology) poculum (cup-shaped drinking vessel)
3. (literary, rare) cup, chalice, goblet

   Synonyms: bicchiere, calice

4. (literary, rare) drink, beverage

   Synonyms: bevanda, (literary, archaic) poto

   • 1619, Michelangelo Buonarroti the Younger, La fiera‎^[1], published 1726, page 88:

     Vieni ſciocco, e guardiam ſe fuor di porta, ¶ Se per quell'oſterie ſtia mercanteſſa ¶ A 'ncaparrar l'amor de' paſſeggieri, ¶ Ciurmatrice di poculi amatorj.

     Come, you fool, and let's make sure if outside, in those taverns, is a merchantess selling the love of passersby, a breweress of love potions.

Related terms

• bucchero
• potabile
• potare
• poto
• pozione

Further reading

• poculo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• copulo, copulò

Latin

Noun

pōculō

1. dative/ablative singular of pōculum