vinum
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of vinum
From the Latin word vīnum wine
Example Sentences
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The Church saw vinum clarum as a profane wine, and its consumption was not imbued with Christian symbolism, nor attached to any table ceremony.
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2024
The vinum Setinum, wine fit for patriots to drink "on the birthdays of Brutus and Cassius," was never heard of by a subject of the Pope, nor would be worth above a paul a flask.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 360, October 1845 by Various
The basin then went to the "little gentlemen" below the salt, they have the "vinum garrulum," and they scrambled as well as screamed for a sup of the precious liquor.
From Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 2 by Sir Richard Francis Burton
The Pope immediately replied— Hoc vinum enervat debilitatque pedes: I shall supply that wine with sparing hand, Which from the feet takes off the power to stand.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 473, January 29, 1831 by Various
Neutral saline mixture, chrystals of tartar, vinum chalybeat. and other medicines had been prescribed to little advantage.
From An Account of the Foxglove and some of its Medical Uses With Practical Remarks on Dropsy and Other Diseases by William Withering
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