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Ultimately from the root Proto-Indo-European *peh₃-. De Vaan reconstructs Proto-Italic *pōtos (“drunk”) from Proto-Indo-European *ph₃tós (“(having been) drunk; having drunk”) with replacement of expected *-a- by *-ō- under the influence of the root aorist *péh₃t. Possibly cognate with Umbrian punes, which could come from a pre-form *pō-ni-.
Aside from its use as an adjective, pōtus also functions synchronically in Latin as an anomalously formed perfect passive participle of the verb pōtō (“to drink”), competing with the regularly formed pōtātus.
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | pōtus | pōta | pōtum | pōtī | pōtae | pōta | |
| genitive | pōtī | pōtae | pōtī | pōtōrum | pōtārum | pōtōrum | |
| dative | pōtō | pōtae | pōtō | pōtīs | |||
| accusative | pōtum | pōtam | pōtum | pōtōs | pōtās | pōta | |
| ablative | pōtō | pōtā | pōtō | pōtīs | |||
| vocative | pōte | pōta | pōtum | pōtī | pōtae | pōta | |
pōtus (feminine pōta, neuter pōtum); first/second-declension participle
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | pōtus | pōta | pōtum | pōtī | pōtae | pōta | |
| genitive | pōtī | pōtae | pōtī | pōtōrum | pōtārum | pōtōrum | |
| dative | pōtō | pōtae | pōtō | pōtīs | |||
| accusative | pōtum | pōtam | pōtum | pōtōs | pōtās | pōta | |
| ablative | pōtō | pōtā | pōtō | pōtīs | |||
| vocative | pōte | pōta | pōtum | pōtī | pōtae | pōta | |
Fourth-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | pōtus | pōtūs |
| genitive | pōtūs | pōtuum |
| dative | pōtuī | pōtibus |
| accusative | pōtum | pōtūs |
| ablative | pōtū | pōtibus |
| vocative | pōtus | pōtūs |
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