merobibus

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ἢ λέγε τι σιγῆς κρεῖττον ἢ σιγὴν ἔχε → either say something better than silence or keep silence (Menander)

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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.