1) Byzantine court title 
Pinkernes (πιγκέρνης), sometimes also epinkernes (ἐπιγκέρνης), was a high Byzantine court position. The term, deriving from the Greek verb ἐπικεράννυμι (`to mix [wine]`), signified the Byzantine emperor`s cup-bearer. The position is attested in Philotheos`s Kletorologion of 899, where a pinkernes of the Byzanti...