27

minister ministrī m.: servant, attendant, acolyte

vetulus –a –um: old (dim. of vetus)

Falernum –ī n.: Falernian wine, from a northern district of Campania

ingerō –ere –gessī –gestus: bring in, pour

calix –icis m.: dish; drinking cup

amārus –a –um : bitter; (of wine) dry, tart

Postumius –ī m. : name of a Roman gens

magistra –ae f. : mistress, i.e., woman in charge

ēbrius –a –um : intoxicated; metaph., drunk with love

acinus –ī m. : grape

ēbriosus –a –um : addicted to drink

hinc : from this place or point 5

lympha –ae f. : a water nymph; (poet.) water

perniciēs pernicieī f. : ruin, bane

sevērus –a –um : austere, stern, strict, grave

migrō migrāre migrāvī migrātus : move, migrate

merus –a –um : pure, undiluted (esp. of wine)

Thyōniānus –ī m. : an adherent of Bacchus