sabaiarius

Latin

Etymology

From sabaia (“an alcoholic drink from Illyria”) +‎ -ārius.

Noun

sabaiārius m (genitive *sabaiāriī or sabaiārī); second declension

  1. drinker of sabaia; (derogatory) drunkard, lush, pisshead
    • c. 390 CE, Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 26.8.2:
      Exindeque profectus, oppugnationi Chalcedonis magnis viribus insistebat, cuius e muris probra in eum iaciebantur, et irrisive compellebatur ut Sabaiarius.
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