posca

English

Etymology

From Latin posca.

Noun

posca (uncountable)

  1. A drink in Ancient Rome and Greece, made by mixing sour wine or vinegar with water and herbs.

Anagrams

Italian

Etymology

From Latin posca.

Noun

posca f (plural posche)

  1. posca

Latin

Alternative forms

  • pusca

Etymology

From pōtō.

Noun

pōsca f (genitive pōscae); first declension

  1. an acidulous drink of vinegar and water

Descendants

References

  • posca in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • posca in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • posca in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • posca in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • posca in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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