potator
εἰ δὲ τύχῃ τις ἔρδων, μελίφρον' αἰτίαν ῥοαῖσι Μοισᾶν ἐνέβαλε → if someone is successful in his deeds, he casts a cause for sweet thoughts into the streams of the Muses
Latin > English
potator potatoris N M :: drinker, one who drinks; tippler, drinker of intoxicants
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
pōtātor: ōris, m. id.,
I a drinker, toper, bibber (ante- and post-class.): potatores maximi, Plaut. Men. 2, 2, 34: vini, Hier. Ep. 52, n. 11; cf. Vulg. Matt. 11, 19; (opp. vorator), Tert. Monogr. 8 fin.: aquae, Sil. 16, 476.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
pōtātŏr, ōris, m. (poto), buveur [de vin], ivrogne : Pl. Men. 259.
Latin > German (Georges)
pōtātor, ōris, m. (poto), der Trinker, Säufer, potatores maximi, Plaut. Men. 259: notissimus pot., Vopisc. Firm. 4, 5: Ggstz. vorator, Tert. de monog. 8 extr. – m. Genet., p. vini, Hieron. epist. 52, 11 u. (Ggstz. homo vorax) Vulg. Matth. 11, 19: p. aquae, Anwohner, Sil. 16, 476.
