potator

English

Etymology

From Latin pōtātor.

Noun

potator (plural potators)

1. (obsolete, rare) A drinker.
   • 1834–1847, Robert Southey, The Doctor, &c., volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman, →OCLC:

     Barnabee , the illustrious potator

2. Misspelling of potato.

Related terms

• potable
• potation

References

• “potator”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• portato, taproot

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin pōtō

Proto-Indo-European *-tōr

Proto-Italic *-tōr

Latin -tor

Latin pōtātor

From pōtō + -tor.

Noun

pōtātor m (genitive pōtātōris); third declension

1. drinker
2. tippler

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	pōtātor	pōtātōrēs
genitive	pōtātōris	pōtātōrum
dative	pōtātōrī	pōtātōribus
accusative	pōtātōrem	pōtātōrēs
ablative	pōtātōre	pōtātōribus
vocative	pōtātor	pōtātōrēs

Verb

pōtātor

1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of pōtō

References

• “potator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "potator", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “potator”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.