inebrio

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

ĭn-ēbrĭo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to make drunk, inebriate (poet. and post-Aug.).

I Lit.: palma vescentes inebriat, Plin. 12, 22, 47, § 103; id. 14, 1, 3, § 17; Sen. Ep. 83, 27. —

B Transf., of colors, to saturate : amethystum inebriatur Tyrio, Plin. 9, 41, 65, § 139.— Of plants: inebriatae radices, i. q. nimis irrigatae, Plin. 17, 26, 40, § 247.—

II Trop.: aurem, to fill full of talk , Juv. 9, 113.

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