单词 | opimian wine |
释义 | > as lemmasOpimian wine Designating a celebrated ancient Roman wine of the vintage of a.u.c. 633, produced when Opimius was consul. Occasionally in extended use: any wine of a premium vintage. Frequently in Opimian wine [after classical Latin vīnum Opīmiānum] . ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > wine > class or grade of wine > [noun] > high class or grade > wines of specific vintages Opimian1601 comet vintage1819 comet hock1829 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 419 That there were wine sellars at Rome..appeareth plaine by a good proofe of the Opimian wine. 1658 Sir T. Browne Hydriotaphia: Urne-buriall iii. 34 The draughts of Consulary date, were but crude unto these, and Opimian Wine [margin] Vinum Opiminianum annorum centum. 1841 Biblical Repertory Apr. 303 The Opimian wines, mentioned by Pliny. 1863 Fraser's Mag. Feb. 241 The cry for light will not be silenced though we..pour the hundred-yeared Opimian before the shrine of Apollo. 1872 W. Patton Laws of Fermentation 27 Some of the celebrated Opimian wine mentioned by Pliny had, in his day, two centuries after its production, the consistence of honey. 1997 P. G. Walsh tr. Petronius Satyricon (1999) 166 (note) Opimius was consul in 121 BC; wine of that date would be undrinkable, but ‘Opimian’ is sometimes used for any venerable vintage (Martial 1. 26. 7). 2000 Financial Times (Nexis) 16 Sept. Falernian was the bevvy of choice for Roman nouveaux riches, the best vintage allegedly being that harvested in 121BC, and known as the Opimian. < as lemmas |
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