compotatio

κατὰ τὸν δεύτερον, φασί, πλοῦν τὰ ἐλάχιστα ληπτέον τῶν κακῶν → we must as second best, as people say, take the least of the evils

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

com-pōtātĭo: ōnis, f.,
I a drinking together, as transl. of the Gr. συμπόσιον (perh. only in Cic.), Cic. Sen. 13, 45; id. Fam. 9, 24, 3.

compōtātĭō,¹⁶ ōnis, f. (cum, poto), action de boire ensemble : Cic. CM 45 ; Fam. 9, 24, 3.

compōtātio, ōnis, f. (com u. poto), die Trinkgesellschaft, ciceron. Wort als Übersetzung des griech. συμπόσιον, Cic. de sen. 45; ep. 9, 24, 3 (wo Plur.).

compotatio compotationis N F :: drinking party; (translation of Greek); a drink/drinking together (L+S)