[Ads-l] POTI

W Brewer brewerwa at GMAIL.COM
Fri Nov 4 11:36:35 UTC 2016


Well, now it can be revealed. <potus> in Latin (in its various o- & a-stem
inflectional variants) means 'drunk, drunken'. Cf. <potor> 'drunkard',
<potulentus> 'intoxicated'. HRC could be the first <pota>.

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