English → Latin
“quaff” in Latin
hauriōto draw (especially water), drain; to drain, drink up, swallow; to take in with the senses as if to drink or swallowpōtōto drinkpōculuma drinking cup; as used in context to describe the experience of social drinking: having a drink, etc.sanguī̆sblood; descent, descendant, parentage, progeny, blood relative, flesh-and-blood, family, race; blood (consanguinity)
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
quaff
haurire (pocula, Plin.; spumantem paterem, Verg.; and IMPROP., sanguinem, Cic.): potare (as translation, it is pre-classical and post-Augustan): potitare (to quaff often, a Plautinian word). OBS. perpotare is absolutely in Cic., especially with totos dies or some other reference to a space of time: perpotare laticem (Lucr.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for quaff?
- The usual Latin words for “quaff” are hauriō, pōtō, pōculum; also sanguī̆s. 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.