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poculum

Pronunciation: [ˈpoː.kʊ.ɫũː]

“poculum” is a Latin word. Its 2 meanings in English:

noun

  1. a drinking cup
  2. as used in context to describe the experience of social drinking: having a drink, etc.

In Latin

  1. Vas, in quo bibitur.

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *pōklom, from Proto-Indo-European *péh₃tlom, derived from the root *peh₃- (“to drink”) (whence also bibō). It is possible that an earlier form of the word prior to the sound change of *-tl- > *-kl- was loaned into Etruscan putlumza. Cognate with Old Irish ól, and Sanskrit पात्र (pātra).

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