poculum

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/ˈpɒkjʊləm/

noun

A drinking-cup used in Ancient Rome.

OriginLatin poculum →
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Meanings

nounpoculum (plural pocula)

plural pocula

  1. historicalA drinking-cup used in Ancient Rome.

    They sat together over elaborate glass pocula blown in Cologne; the wine too was Rhenish.

    1989, Anthony Burgess, The Devil's Mode

Origin

  1. Latinpoculum
  2. Englishpoculum

Borrowed from Latin poculum. Doublet of bucchero.

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APA

poculum. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/poculum

MLA

“poculum.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/poculum. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “poculum,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/poculum.

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