proper noun
Mĕro
Meaning
- the wine-bibber
Mĕro, ōnis, m. merum,
I. the wine-bibber, a nickname bestowed on the emperor Tiberius Claudius Nero, in allusion to his drinking propensities:
propter nimiam vini aviditatem, pro Tiberio Biberius, pro Claudio Caldius, pro Nerone Mero vocabatur, Suet. Tib. 42.