Rumpere crystalla

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Latin Construction

rumpere crystalla.

  1. ‘To break crystalware.’


Loci

  • αʹ Martial, Epigrammata 9.73:
Rūmpĭs ĕt | ārdēnt|ī mădĭd|ūs crȳs|tāllă Fă|lērnō
ēt prū|rīs dŏmĭ|nī || cūm Găny̆|mēdĕ tŭī.
Drunken with burning Falernian wine, you shatter the crystal wineglasses and flirt with your master's Ganymede.
  • βʹ Martial, Epigrammata 10.14:
Cāndĭdă | Sētīn|ī rūm|pānt crȳs|tāllă trĭ|ēntēs Your bright crystalware is bursting with cupfuls of Setine wine.