Rather to my own surprise, I've found 'epote' as an
archaic and obsolete word in the Oxford English
Dictionary --- so rare that there's only one quote
given, from the 1650s, from what seems to be a
scientific or medical book. Yes, it is a verb, and it
means 'to drink, to drink up'. It is formed from the
common Latin verb 'potare = to drink' + the prefix e-,
which gives the idea of complete removal. So, 'swallow
up' does very well as a rendering.
As for 'mer', the obvious identification would be the
French word for 'sea'. Though mixing the languages is
odd, 'to drink the sea dry, to swallow up the sea'
makes sense.
Jacqueline
--- steve ash <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Does anyone know what 'Epote' means? And does the
> phrase 'Mer Epote' or Epote Mer' mean anything?
>
> I've seen the word used and it appears in a list of
> archaic English words as a verb, but I can't find a
> definition anywhere.
> The nearest I've found is Epotus Latin for to
> swallow
> up, but Epote does not appear to be related to that.
>
> If I can get some meaning for that it might lead to
> some extremely magical discoveries. If not I'll need
> a
> to try to decode again.....
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