Mero

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

Mĕro, ōnis, m. [merum],

the wine-bibber , a nickname bestowed on the emperor Tiberius Claudius Nero, in allusion to his drinking propensities: propter nimiam vini aviditatem, pro Tiberio Biberius, pro Claudio Caldius, pro Nerone Mero vocabatur, Suet. Tib. 42.

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