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Epigram XIX. — On a Brew called "Dodra"
Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White (1919–21) · From Book XIX. — Epigrams of Ausonius on Various Matters
Living
Dodra ("nines") is from dodrans (nine-twelfths). Thus compound: broth, water, wine, salt, oil, bread, honey, pepper, herbs: there's nine!
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Ausonius, Decimus Magnus. “Epigram XIX. — On a Brew called "Dodra".” Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/ausonius/222/.
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Ausonius, Decimus Magnus. “Epigram XIX. — On a Brew called "Dodra".” Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/ausonius/222/.
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