ptisana

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

ptĭsăna, ae, f., = πτισάνη (al. tisana).

I Barley crushed and cleaned from the hulls , barley-groats , pearl-barley , Cels. 2, 18, 24; Mart. 12, 72, 5; Scrib. Comp. 93; Vulg. Prov. 27, 22.—

II Transf., a drink made from barley-groats , barley-water , ptisan , Varr. ap. Non. 550, 19; Plin. 18, 7, 15, § 74.