The drink of the gods may literally mean "death-defeater" — the same ancient root for death that gave us necropolis and necrosis.
The drink of the Greek gods, or a sweet liquid produced by flowers to attract pollinators, or any delicious drink.
From Greek nektar, the drink of the gods, possibly meaning overcoming death from nek- meaning death and -tar meaning overcoming Key roots: *neḱ- (Proto-Indo-European: "death").