Home / Browse
M / Mĕro
noun

Mĕro

gen. Mĕrōnis · gender masculine · decl. 3rd
the wine-bibber •
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.
Perseus ID: n28821 Key: Mero