Ποιητὴς, ὁπόταν ἐν τῷ τρίποδι τῆς Μούσης καθίζηται, τότε οὐκ ἔμφρων ἐστίν → Whenever a poet is seated on the Muses' tripod, he is not in his senses
pōcillum: i, n.
dim. poculum,
I a little cup: pocillum fictile, Cato, R. R. 156: mulsi, Liv. 10, 42 fin.; cf. Plin. 14, 13, 14, § 91: argenteum, Suet. Vesp. 2.