absinthium

Definitiones

1. wormwood
   declension-2, neuter
2. an infusion of wormwood sometimes masked with honey due to its bitter taste
   declension-2, neuter
3. something which is bitter but wholesome
   declension-2, figuratively, neuter

Aequivalentia

Exempla

“Conditi Camerini praeceptis, utique pro absinthio cessante; in cuius vicem absinthi Pontici purgati terendique unciam, Thebaicam dabis, masticis, folii scripulos III, vini eius modi sextarios XVIII. Carbones amaritudo non exigit.”

Roman vermouth [or Absinth] is made thus: according to the recipe of Camerinum you need wormwood from Santo for Roman vermouth or, as a substitute, wormwood from the Pontus cleaned and curshed, 1 Theban ounce of it, 6 scuples of masitch, 3 each of [nard] leaves, costmary and saffron and 18 quarts of any kind of mild wine. [Filter cold] charcoal is required because of the bitterness.

“Sed nos veremur ne parum hic liber mellis et absinthii multum habere videatur”

But I fear that this book will have too little sweetness and too much wormwood.

Gradus CEFR