merge curas - drown your sorrows / cares

Submitted by admin on Thu, 03/11/2021 - 18:08

From the Barnabe Itinerarium (Boream) O Faustule! tende palmam, accipe calicem vitibus almam! Tunc vinctus es dolore? uvae tinctus sis colore. Sperne opes, sperne dapes, merge curas, recte sapis.
Cf. mergo in the context of drinking to excess: potatio quae merget Sen. Ep. 12 (LS)