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Definition of vinum opii

vinum opii
Vinum Vi"num, n.; pl. Vina. [L. See Wine.] Wine, -- chiefly used in Pharmacy in the name of solutions of some medicinal substance in wine; as: vina medicata, medicated wines; vinum opii, wine of opium.

Meaning of vinum opii from wikipedia

- (tinctura opii), laudanum, paregoric (tinctura opii camphorata), herbal wine (e.g., vinum opii), opium powder (pulvis opii), opium sirup (sirupus opii) and...
- plural oxymeli and oxymelli. Cato the Elder describes it thus: Oxymelli. Fit vinum ex aceto & melle quod oxymel vocaverunt voce Graecanica. Nam oξ(?) dicitur...