The corpus record — Latin

ebrius

drunk

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Where it lives

Copa, Appendix Vergiliana 1 · 42.19/10k
Panegyricus dictus Probino et Olybrio consulibus 1 · 5.88/10k
Satyricon 14 · 4.6/10k
Saturae 2 · 4.42/10k
Clodius Albinus 1 · 3.7/10k
De ieiunio adversus psychicos 2 · 3.38/10k
Psychomachia 2 · 3.33/10k
Epigrammata 18 · 3.2/10k
Menaechmi 3 · 3.16/10k
Amphitruo 3 · 3.05/10k
Aulularia 2 · 2.9/10k
Cathemerina 2 · 2.72/10k

Densest 12 of 76 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. ebrius — de Vaan

ebrius 'drunk' [adj. o/a] (Naev.+) Derivatives: ebriacus 'intoxicated' (Lab.), ebriolus 'tipsy' (PL), ebriolatus 'id.' (Lab.). Pit. Vjf "*-· PIE *h!egwh-ro- or *h,eh!gwh-ro- (or *h,(o)gwh-r-o-) 'drinking'. IE cognates: Hit. eku^/aku- /?egw-, ?gw-/ 'to drink, drink to, toast', Pal. ahu- 'drink', CLuw. w-, 2s.pr.act. iittis 'drink(?)\ HLuw. inf.gen. BIBERE-u-na-sa 'drink'; Gr. νήφω 'to be sober', Dor. ναφε (να- is of … — [de Vaan, s.v. ebrius, p. 198]

2. ēbrĭus — Lewis & Short

ēbrĭus, a, um, adj.etym. dub.; perh. root frh/n; cf. sobrius,

I who has drunk enough, had his fill, corresp. with satur.

I Prop. (very rare): cum tu satura atque ebria eris, puer ut satur sit facito, Ter. Hec. 5, 2, 3 Ruhnk.; cf. saturitate, Plaut. Capt. 1, 1, 35.—Far more freq. and class.,

B full of drink, drunk, intoxicated (cf. also: potus, ebriosus, temulentus, vinolentus): homo hic ebrius est ... Tu istic, ubi bibisti? Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 25; 1, 1, 116; id. Aul. 4, 10, 19, sq. al.; Cic. Mil. 24, 65; id. Phil. 2, 41, 105; id. Div. 2, 58, 120; Sen. Ep. 83, 18 (thrice); Quint. 11, 3, 57; Prop. 4 (5), 5, 46; Hor. S. 1, 4, 51; Ov. M. 4, 26; id. F. 2, 582.— As subst.: ebrĭus, ii, m., a drunkard, Vulg. Psa. 106, 27; id. Job, 12, 25 al. et saep.—

b Poet., of inanimate things: vestigia, Prop. 1, 3, 9; cf. signa, id. 3, 3, 48 (4, 2, 48 M.): verba, Tib. 3, 6, 36: nox, Mart. 10, 47; cf. bruma, id. 13, 1 et saep.—

II Trop., intoxicated, drunk, sated, filled: ebrius jam sanguine civium et tanto magis eum sitiens, Plin. 14, 22, 28, § 148: regina fortuna dulci ebria, intoxicated with good fortune, Hor. C. 1, 37, 12: dulcis pueri ebrios ocellos, i. e. intoxicated with love, Cat. 45, 11: ebria de sanguine sanctorum, Vulg. Apoc. 17, 6.—

III In gen., abundantly filled, full (poet.): cena, Plaut. Cas. 3, 6, 18: lana de sanguine conchae, Mart. 14, 154; cf. id. 13, 82: lucerna, id. 10, 38.

3. ebrius — Walde–Hofmann

ebrius, -a, -um „trunken“ (syn. vinolentus, tömulentus, satur, saucius u. dgl.; seit Naev., vlt. und rom. auch eber,-a, -um, Heraeus GGA. 1915, 474; Demin. -iolus Plaut. [-iolätus Laber.], asus, -fösitäs seit Cic., -idcus [Schulze EN. 284; vgl. mer-äcus] seit Laber., rom. z. T. Subst. „Lolch“, Wartburg III 200, spätl. ebrio, -äre seit Fronto [in- seit Sen., debriäre seit Fulg.], -ämen seit Apul. bzw. Itala), … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. ebrius, p. 419]

In the wild

ebriis Seneca, Ad Lucilium Epistulae Morales 10.83.18
ebrio Prudentius, Hamartigenia pr.57
ebriorum Seneca the Elder, Controversiae 1.2.10
ébrius Plautus, Menaechmi 4.1
ebrius Seneca, De Ira 1.4.1
ebrio Petronius, Satyricon 52

6 of 186 attestations shown.

Where it came from

de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) Treated in de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) s.v. ebrius (scan pp. 198-199; entry #463). Root candidates: *yok-, *yekw-.
Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. ébrius (scan p. 654; entry #10845).
Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ebrius (scan pp. 419-421; entry #986). Root candidates: *sué-, *seu-, *sta-.

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