sabaia

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Illyrian. Probably from Proto-Indo-European *sab- (“taste; juice”), whence Proto-West Germanic *sap (“juice, sap”), and Sanskrit सबर् (sabar, “juice, nectar”).[1][2]

Noun

sabaia f sg (genitive *sabaiae); first declension

  1. A kind of Illyrian beer, made out of barley or wheat.
    • 380 CE – 392 CE, Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 26.8.2:
      Est autem sabaia ex ordeo vel frumento in liquorem conversus paupertinus in Illyrico potus.
      Sabaia is a wretched drink made in Illyria out of barley or wheat.
    • [(Can we date this quote?) Hieronymus, commentary to Isaias 7.19:
      quod genus est potionis ex frugibus aquaque confectum ei vulgo in Dalmatiae Pannoniaeque provinciis gentili barbaroque sermone appellatur sabaium
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)]

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative sabaia
genitive *sabaiae
dative *sabaiae
accusative *sabaiam
ablative *sabaiā
vocative *sabaia

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Fortson, Benjamin W. (2010) Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction, second edition, Oxford: Blackwell, page 465
  2. ^ Katičić, Radoslav (1976) Ancient Languages of the Balkans, page 171
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