hippocras

[hip-uh-kras]

noun

1. an old medicinal cordial made of wine mixed with spices.

hippocras

/ ˈhɪpəʊˌkræs /

noun

1. an old English drink of wine flavoured with spices

Word History and Origins

Origin of hippocras¹

1325–75; Middle English ypocras, apparently short for ypocras wyn (translation of Medieval Latin vīnum hippocraticum; so called because clarified by filtering through a strainer named after Hippocrates); Middle English ypocras < Old French: Hippocrates < Medieval Latin Hippocrās, alteration of Latin Hippocratēs, on model of words like cīvitās (nominative), cīvitātis (genitive)

Word History and Origins

Origin of hippocras¹

C14 ypocras, from Old French: _Hippocrates , probably referring to a filter called Hippocrates' sleeve

Example Sentences

The ancient Greek version of mulled wine, Ypocras or Hippocras, takes its name from Hippocrates, the Greek physician regarded as the father of medicine.

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According to several medieval cookbooks the most common of the sweet, spiced wines in the late middle-ages were still referred to as hippocras, with the term "mulled wine" coming later.

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In the cellars of the monasteries the butlers were tapping new and old ale, mead, port, clarde, dry sherry, hock, beer, metheglyn, perry, hippocras, and the best white whisky.

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“Would you like a glass of hippocras, or some perry?”

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The page who had brought Sir Agravaine’s hippocras came in from the cloister door.

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