LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

pōtiō

pōtiō f (genitive pōtiōnis)
Classical[ˈpoː.ti.oː]Ecclesiastical[ˈpɔt.t͡si.o]
Mille Verba core vocabulary

Meaning

  1. drinking
  2. drink, draught, potion

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

quod bibitur: aqua, vīnum, lac pōtiōnēs sunt.
pōtiō -ōnis f — in Mille Verba, Cibus et Convīvium

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativepōtiōpōtiōnēs
genitivepōtiōnispōtiōnum
dativepōtiōnīpōtiōnibus
accusativepōtiōnempōtiōnēs
ablativepōtiōnepōtiōnibus
vocativepōtiōpōtiōnēs

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

famem sitimque depellere cibo et potione
to allay one's hunger, thirst.
tantum cibi et potionis adhibere quantum satis est
to take only enough food to support life.

pōtĭo, ōnis, f. id.,
I. a drinking, a drink, draught, abstr. and concr. (class.).
I. In gen.
(a). Abstr.: in mediā potione, Cic. Clu. 10, 30; cf.: contemptissimis escis et potionibus, id. Fin. 2, 28, 90.—
(b). 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: 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.
pŏtĭo, īvi, īre, v. a. potis,
I. 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: potitu'st hostium, fallen into the enemy's hands, id. Capt. 1, 1, 24; 1, 2, 41; 3, 5, 104; cf. id. Ep. 4, 1, 5; 4, 1, 35; Paul. ex Fest. p. 250 Müll.

Origins

From the supine stem of pōtō + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Italianpogione
  • Occitanposon
  • Frenchpoisonfrom Old French poison
  • Englishpoisonfrom Old French poison
  • Portuguesepeçonhafrom Old Galician-Portuguese poçon
  • Spanishpozónfrom Old Spanish pozón
  • Spanishponzoña
  • Catalanpoció
  • Frenchpotionfrom Old French potion
  • Englishpotionfrom Old French potion

Quick answers

What does pōtiō mean in Latin?
pōtiō, a noun, means “drinking; drink, draught, potion”.
What is the genitive of pōtiō?
The genitive singular is pōtiōnis. pōtiō is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce pōtiō?
In classical Latin, [ˈpoː.ti.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈpɔt.t͡si.o].