CEREVISIA, Defined

Cerevisia, -ae (f.) 1. Beer, originally Celtic (alternate spellings: cervisia, cervesia, cerbesia, cerevisa, cervesa, cervisa, cervissa) Commentary The first attestation of “cervesia” in Latin is by Pliny the Elder (1st c. CE). The word is likely Celtic in origin and was later adopted by the Romans to describe the beverage of their neighbors and soon-to-be…