P / per-pōto
verb transitive intransitive

per-pōto

2nd PP per-pōtāre · 3rd PP per-pōtāvi · conj. 1st
To drink; tipple without intermission; to keep up a carouse
To drink or tipple without intermission, to keep up a carouse: postquam ejus hinc pater sit profectus peregre, tum perpotasse adsiduo, Plaut. Most. 4, 2, 60; id. Ps. 2, 6, 13: totos dies, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 33, § 87; cf. id. ib. 2, 5, 38, § 100: perpotavit ad vesperum, id. Phil. 2, 31, 77: perpotandi dulcedo, Curt. 6, 2, 2. —*
To drink off
To drink off: amarum Absinthi laticem, Lucr. 1, 940.