poculentus

Latin

Alternative forms

• pōtulentus

Etymology

From pōculum (“drinking cup”) +‎ -entus (“full of, abounding in”). Compare to ēsculentus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /poː.kuˈlen.tus/, [poːkʊˈɫ̪ɛn̪t̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /po.kuˈlen.tus/, [pokuˈlɛn̪t̪us]

Adjective

pōculentus (feminine pōculenta, neuter pōculentum); first/second-declension adjective

1. potable, drinkable

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	pōculentus	pōculenta	pōculentum		pōculentī	pōculentae	pōculenta
Genitive	pōculentī	pōculentae	pōculentī		pōculentōrum	pōculentārum	pōculentōrum
Dative	pōculentō		pōculentō		pōculentīs
Accusative	pōculentum	pōculentam	pōculentum		pōculentōs	pōculentās	pōculenta
Ablative	pōculentō	pōculentā	pōculentō		pōculentīs
Vocative	pōculente	pōculenta	pōculentum		pōculentī	pōculentae	pōculenta

Descendants

• → English: poculent

References

• “poculentus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• poculentus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.