The corpus record — Latin

Mero

Mero · m

the wine-bibber

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Where it lives

Historiae Alexandri Magni 1 · 0.13/10k
Naturalis Historia 1 · 0.03/10k

What it meant

1. Mĕro — Lewis & Short

Mĕro, ōnis, m.merum,

I the wine-bibber, a nickname bestowed on the emperor Tiberius Claudius Nero, in allusion to his drinking propensities: propter nimiam vini aviditatem, pro Tiberio Biberius, pro Claudio Caldius, pro Nerone Mero vocabatur, Suet. Tib. 42.

2. mero — Walde–Hofmann

mero, mrét?, moréti II 118 mb8ko (8.-kel.)1] 125 mosto II 138 mbscots II 86 máéles 1 290 meloke I 474 ména I 256 méne (r.-ksl.) II 82 mehe, ménit; II 60 méra II 82 mesto II 80 méseco II 71 mééo, mésiti II 96 me II 85 — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. mero, p. 2023]

Where it came from

Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. mero (scan p. 2023; entry #5206).

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