φιλοπότης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From φίλος (phílos, loving) +‎ πότης (pótēs, drinker), from verb πίνω (pínō, drink).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

φῐλοπότης • (phĭlopótēsm (genitive φῐλοπότου); second declension

  1. lover of drinking, lover of wine, drunkard
    • 1943, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (Translation by Juan Coderch), Τὸ Βασιλείδιον
      ἐν τῷ τρίτῳ πλανητῷ ᾤκει φιλοπότης τις
      en tōî trítōi planētōî ōíkei philopótēs tis
      The third planet was inhabited by a drunkard

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