Euerie kiude of cuppes. Poculum. Virg. A draught: a potion: a drinke. Amoris poculum. Horat. A charmed drinke to make one in loue. Desiderij poculum. Idem. Horat. Aurea pocula. Hor. Cuppes of gold. Blanda pocula. Val. Flac. Ducentia somnos pocula. Horat. Fagina pocula. Virg. Fictilia. Tibul. Earthen pots. Immania. Cic. Insidiosa Circes pocula. Ouid. The deceitful charmed cups of Circe. Lactea pocula. Stat. Læuia. Virg. Marcentia. Stat. Medicata pocula, Vide MEDICOR. Plena. Virg. Sobria. Tibul. Vitea pocula. Virg. Cuppes of wine. Spumantia. Valer. Flac. Administrare pocula, Vide ADMINISTRO. Collucent pocula meosæ. Catul. Componere pocula de luto. Tibul. To make earthen cups. Pocula contingere liquore aliquo. Lucre. Fabricata fago pocula. Oui. Cups or bolles made of beech. Finguntur pocula de humo. Ouid. Dare poculum alicui. Cic. Ducere pocula. Hora. To drinke. Exhaurire poculum. Cic. To quaffe: to drinke vp. Inficere pocula veneno, Vide INFICIO. Infundere poculum. Hor. To fill a cup for one to drinke. Inuitare aliquem poculis, Vide INVITO. Libabant pocula Bacchi, Vide LIBO. Ministrare pocula, Vide MINISTRO. Miscere pocula. Ouid. To serue one drinke: to wait on ones cup at the table. Lactis pocula mista mero. Tibul. Milke and wine mingled in cuppes. Negare porrecta pocula. Horat. To refuse cuppes offiered to him. Perfecta argento pocula. Virg. Plate ofsiluer. Ponere pocula. Virg. To set cups on the table: to serue drink to the table. Poscunt maioribus poculis, Vide POSCO. Reponere pocula mensis. Virg. Restinguere pocula ardentis Falerni lympha. Hor. To alay hote wine with water. Spumantia lacte pocula. Virg. Sumere pocula. Ouid. Magnitudine poculorum bibendoque superare. Cicero. In quaffing and great drinking to passe. Tangere labellis pocula. Ouid. To kisse the cup. Temperare pocula. Hor. Mea nec Falernæ temperant vites neque Formiani pocula colles. Tingere aliquÊ poculis. Hor. To giue one plentie of drink: to make him drunke. Tollere grandia pocula. Iuuen. Torquere pocula. Iuuen. To hurle cups. Trahere pocula arenti fauce. Hor. To drinke greedily with a drie throate. Cum canibus timidi venient ad pocula damæ. Virg.

I. Lit., a drinking-vessel, a cup, goblet, bowl, beaker (class.; syn.: calix, cyathus): et nobis idem Alcimedon duo pocula fecit, Verg. E: 3, 44: poculum grande, Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 89: magnis poculis aliquem invitare, id. Rud. 2, 3, 32: exhaurire poculum, to empty, Cic. Clu. 11, 31; so, ducere, Hor. C. 1, 17, 21: siccare, Petr. 92: poscunt majoribus poculis (sc. bibere), out of goblets, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 26, 66: stans extra poculum caper, i.e. in relief, Juv. 1, 76; cf. id. 5, 43.—Prov.: eodem poculo bibere, i. e. to undergo the same sufferings, Plaut. Cas. 5, 2, 52.—

II. Transf.

A. A drink, draught, potion (mostly poet.): si semel poculum amoris accepit meri, Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 22: salsa pocula, sea-water, id. Rud. 2, 7, 31: pocula sunt fontes liquidi, Verg. G. 3, 529: amoris poculum, i. e. a philter, Hor. Epod. 5, 38; also, desiderii, id. ib. 17, 80: prae poculis nescientes, through drunkenness, Flor. 2, 10, 2: pocula praegustare, Juv. 6, 633: poculum ex vino, Vulg. Cant. 8, 2.—

B. A drinking-bout, a carouse (class.): in ipsis tuis immanibus poculis, Cic. Phil. 2, 25, 63; cf.: is sermo, qui more majorum a summo adhibetur in poculis, while drinking, id. Sen. 14, 46.—

C. A draught of poison, alicui poculum dare, Cic. Clu. 10, 30; Ov. M. 14, 295; Val. Fl. 2, 155.