English

Noun

posca ‎(uncountable)

1. A drink in Ancient Rome and Greece, made by mixing sour wine or vinegar with water and herbs.

Italian

Etymology

From Latin posca.

Noun

posca f ‎(plural posche)

1. posca

Latin

Alternative forms

• pusca

Etymology

From pōtō.

Noun

posca f

1. an acidulous drink of vinegar and water

Descendants

• Aromanian: puscã
• English: posca
• Italian: posca
• Portuguese: posca
• Spanish: posca

References

• posca in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• POSCA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “posca”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• posca in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• posca in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin