νοεῖν γάρ ἐστι κρεῖττον καὶ σιγὴν ἔχειν → it's better, you see, to understand and yet say nothing (Menander)
pŏtērĭum: ii, n., = ποτήριον,I a drinking-vessel, goblet (Plautin.), Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 12; id. Trin. 4, 3, 10.