crapula

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

crāpŭla, ae, f., = κραιπάλη,

I excessive wine-drinking, intoxication, inebriation , Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 1; id. Ps. 5, 1, 46; Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 11, § 28; id. Phil. 2, 12, 30; Liv. 9, 30, 9; Plin. 21, 20, 83, § 142 et saep.—

II Meton., a resin producing intoxication, which was sometimes mingled with wine , Plin. 14, 20, 25, § 124 sq.; 23, 1, 24, § 46.

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