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ēbrĭĕtas , ātis, f. ebrius,
I.drunkenness, ebriety (cf.: ebriositas, crapula), * Cic. Tusc. 4, 12; Sen. Ep. 83, 16 sq.; Quint. 1, 11, 2: Plin. 14, 22, 28, § 142: in proelia trudit inermem, * Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 16; Ov. A. A. 1, 597: “tumultuosa,” Vulg. Prov. 20, 1 al.—Plur., carouses, Sen. Ep. 24, 16; Col. 1 praef. § 16. —
II. Transf., of things: “nimio liquore abundat rumpitque se pomi ipsius ebrietas,” i. e. excess of juice, Plin. 13, 4, 9, § 45.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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