Ancient prayer
Wine new and old I drink, of illness new and old I am cured.
Fons · Source
AuthorVarro
WorkDe Lingua Latina
Section6.21
Period1st c. BC (Varro preserving an archaic formula)
OccasionMeditrinalia (11 October) — traditional saying spoken while tasting a libation of new and old wine at the end of the vine harvest to secure healing from old and new ailments
Classificatio · Taxonomy
Cultureroman
Formritual
Functionsprotection
Spherehealing · agricultural