Falernian

American  

[fuh-lur-nee-uhn] / fəˈlɜr ni ən /

adjective

1. (especially of a wine celebrated by Horace) of, coming from, or made in a district of Campania, Italy.

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Etymology

Origin of Falernian

1720–30; < Latin ( ager ) Falern ( us ) Falernian (field) + -ian

Example Sentences

The Falernian, from Southern Italy, by contrast, was “strong” and “powerful”; Pliny the Elder wrote that “there is now no wine known that ranks higher.”

From The New Yorker • Jul. 29, 2015

Thus we see the Greeks putting salt and sea-water in theirs; at other times dissolving mastic and myrrha, or infusing wormwood, in their choicest Falernian.

From Curiosities of Medical Experience by Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon)

I admired the rare workmanship of this flagon last night, and his holiness sent it home with me, full to the brim with this Falernian, which Giulia Bella herself poured into it.

From The Honour of Savelli A Romance by Levett-Yeats, S. (Sidney)

I say put up, for the wine that now goes by the name of Falernian is detestable.

From Buzz a Buzz or The Bees by Busch, Wilhelm

The Romans knew not beer, and so had to put up with "Falernian," or even the "vile Cœcubum."

From Buzz a Buzz or The Bees by Busch, Wilhelm