ebrietas

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

ēbrĭĕtas, ātis, f. [ebrius],

I drunkenness , ebriety (cf.: ebriositas, crapula), * Cic. Tusc. 4, 12; Sen. Ep. 83, 16 sq.; Quint. 1, 11, 2: Plin. 14, 22, 28, § 142: in proelia trudit inermem, * Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 16; Ov. A. A. 1, 597: tumultuosa, Vulg. Prov. 20, 1 al.— Plur. , carouses , Sen. Ep. 24, 16; Col. 1 praef. § 16. —

II Transf., of things: nimio liquore abundat rumpitque se pomi ipsius ebrietas, i. e. excess of juice , Plin. 13, 4, 9, § 45.