George Leo Haydock

Drink. Hebrew, “mix shecar.” People generally mixed wine and water. They also strove who could drink most, and the Greeks had a feast for this purpose, (Calmet) which they styled Choas, for the measure which was to be swallowed down. (Aristophanes, Acharn. act. iv. 4. and 5. ultra) — Cyrus the younger boasted to the Greek ambassadors, that “he could drink and bear more wine than his brother.” (Plut.[Plutarch?] in Artax.)