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The Satires of A. Persius Flaccus

Note 100 — A. PERSIUS FLACCUS

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calidum triental: The wine was heated to bring out the sweat. Bibere et sudare vita cardiaci est, Sen., Ep., 15, 3.—triental: restored by Jahn (1843) for trientem, to which he returned in 1868. Triens is the measure, ⅓ sextarius, triental would be the vessel. Comp. with this passage Lucil., 28, 39-40 (L. M.): ad cui? quem febris una atque una ἀπεψια | vini inquam cyathus unus potuit tollere.

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