Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Pincerna

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rich, Anthony (1849). The illustrated companion to the Latin dictionary, and Greek lexicon. p. vi. OCLC 894670115. https://archive.org/details/illustratedcompa00rich. 

PINCER'NA (οἰνοχόος). A cup-bearer; a slave whose duty it was to mix the wine, fill the cups, and hand them round to the guests at table. They were in general young persons selected for the comeliness of their appearance, who wore their hair flowing on their shoulders, and a short tunic; and had particular attention bestowed upon the cleanliness of their persons and attire (Ascon. in Verr. ii. 1. 26. Lamprid. Alex. Sev. 41.) All these particulars are exhibited in the annexed figure (Pincerna/1.1), from the Vatican Virgil; the long trousers and mantle indicate a youth of foreign, and probably Phrygian extraction.

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  Pincerna/1.1