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“drink to” in Latin
TibullusA Roman cognomen — famously held byēbibōto drink up, drain; to absorb; to squanderēpōtōto drink up, drain, quaffexhauriōto draw out, empty by drawing, deplete; to exhaust, drain off, take out, use up, deplete, empty out, make empty; to take
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
drink to
anybody, salutem alicui propinare (Plaut., Stich. 3, 2, 16); salutare amicum nominatim or amicum nominatim vocare in bibendo (this resembled most nearly our own fashion in that respect; Vid: Asc., ad Cic., ii. Verr. 1, 26, p. 321, Schutz). I drink to you! bene te! bene tibi (Vid: Zumpt, § 759). Let every one take his cup and drink to Messala! bene Messalam! sua quisque ad pocula dicat (Tibullus, 2, 1, 33). To DRINK UP, ebibere (general term; epotare in classical Latin, only in participle perfect passive, epotus, drunk up): exhaurire (to drain out, as it were, empty out; e.g., wine, poison, medicine): exsiccare (to dry out, said jocosely; a bottle, lagenas, Quint., Cic., in Cic., Ep., 16, 26, 2, where furtim is used with it): exanclare poculo (as it were, to pump out from the bowl, wine, vinum, jocosely, Plaut., Stich., 1, 3, fin.): sorbere, exsorbere (to suck out; e.g., eggs, ova): to drink up to the dregs, potare faece tenus (Hor., Od. 3, 15, 16).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for drink to?
- The usual Latin words for “drink to” are Tibullus, ēbibō, ēpōtō; also exhauriō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.