hipocrás
Galician edit
Etymology edit
From French ipocras, after Medieval Latin vinum Hippocraticum (“Hippocrates's wine”), because it was filtered through a Hippocratic sleeve.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
hipocrás m (plural hipocrases)
- hippocras
- 1777, Diego Cernadas y Castro, Arcos mio:
- que n'o Hipocràs non pases
deo medio neto.- on hippocras
don't drink past half a pint
- on hippocras
References edit
- “hipocrás” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.