drink (v.) Copy link Outline 1. bĭbo, i, ĭtum, 3 (to quench thirst by drinking)2. pōto, āvi, pōtātum and pōtum, 1 (to d. freely and habitually)3. haurio, si, stum, 4 (to drink off, drain, quaff • drink (v.): 1. bĭbo, i, ĭtum, 3 (to quench thirst by drinking): to d. muddy water, aquam turbidam b., Cic.: to d. from the very source, ex ipso fonte b., Ov.: to d. out of a jewelled cup, gemmâ b., Virg.: to d. very hard, damnose b., Hor.: to d. in Greek fashion, i. e. with "toasts" and drinking of healths, Graeco more b., Cic. Fig.: the spear d.s blood, b. hasta cruorem, Virg.: to d. draughts of justice, justitiae haustus b., Quint. 2. pōto, āvi, pōtātum and pōtum, 1 (to d. freely and habitually): he feasts, and d.s, obsonat, potat, Ter.: to enjoy the pleasure of d.ing in company, cum aliis voluptate potandi frui, Cic.: also sometimes = bibo: he took up water with his hand to d., aquam poturus manu hausit, Suet. Fig.: the clothes d. perspiration, vestis sudorem p., Lucr. 3. haurio, si, stum, 4 (to drink off, drain, quaff: esp. poet.): to d. off the flowing bowl, spumantem pateram h., Virg.: Lucr. Phr.: to be d.ing for days together, totos dies perpotare, Cic.: to d. along with another, combibere, Sen.: one who habitually d.s with another, compōtor, fem. compotrix, Ter.: to d. deep, largiore vino uti, Liv.; profundo mero incumbere, Val. Fl.; ingurgitare se in vinum, Pl.: to d. draughts of Lesbian, pocula Lesbii ducere, Hor.