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merobibus

From LSJ

Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.

Valerius Maximus, De Factis Dictisque

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

mĕrōbĭbus: a, um, adj. merum-bibo,
I that drinks wine unmixed (which among the ancients was the practice only of drunkards): anus multibiba atque merobiba, Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 77.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

mĕrōbĭbus,¹⁶ a, um, (merum, bibo), qui aime le vin, buveur : Pl. Curc. 77.

Latin > German (Georges)

merōbibus, a, um (merum u. bibo), unvermischten Wein trinkend, was bei den Alten nur Trunkenbolde taten, anus, Plaut. Curc. 77.