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κρατίστην εἶναι δημοκρατίαν τὴν μήτε πλουσίους ἄγαν μήτε πένητας ἔχουσαν πολίτας → the best democracy is that in which the citizens are neither very rich nor very poor (Thales/Plutarch)

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

pincerna: ae, m., = πιγκέρνης> (v. Du Cange, Gloss. Graec. s. h. v.; prop. one who mixes drinks; hence, in gen.),
I a cupbearer, butler (post-class.), Ascon. Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 26; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 41; Hier. Quaest. in Gen. 40, 1; Inscr. Orell. 2881; Vulg. Gen. 40, 1; id. 2 Esdr. 1, 11.