poterium

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ποτήριον (potḗrion, cup).

Pronunciation

Noun

potērium n (genitive potēriī or potērī); second declension

  1. goblet, cup
    Synonyms: pōculum, pōcillum

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative potērium potēria
Genitive potēriī
potērī1
potēriōrum
Dative potēriō potēriīs
Accusative potērium potēria
Ablative potēriō potēriīs
Vocative potērium potēria

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

References

  • poterium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • poterium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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