sapa

American  

[say-puh] / ˈseɪ pə /

noun

1. History/Historical. concentrated syrup made from grape juice or other fruit juice and used to prevent scurvy or to treat minor ailments such as cough or sore throat.

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Example Sentences

In Ancient Rome, it was customary to boil grape syrup into a concentrated form called "sapa" or "defrutum" that was frequently used to enhance the flavor of wine.

From Salon • Mar. 13, 2023

However, the biggest probable source was once again wine, specifically a sweetener-cum-preservative the Romans called sapa or defrutum.

From BBC • Oct. 11, 2014

Although this was a far more dilute source of poisoning than Roman sapa or the fug of a Victorian paintworks, it was incomparably more far-reaching, affecting every city on the planet.

From BBC • Oct. 11, 2014

“God help us!” said the old man, munching his sapa.

From An Eagle Flight A Filipino Novel Adapted from Noli Me Tangere by Rizal, José

The beef of the buffalo, cow, and deer, is cured for the China market, by being salted and allowed to dry in the sun: it is then called sapa.

From Recollections of Manilla and the Philippines During 1848, 1849 and 1850 by MacMicking, Robert