cuppedia

cuppedia
cuppēdĭa ( cūp- ), ae, f. [cuppes].
* I.
Fondness for dainties, daintiness, lickerishness, Cic. Tusc. 4, 11, 26; cf. Non. p. 85.—
II.
Plur., dainty dishes, delicacies (late Lat.):

conjectabamus ad cenulam non cuppedias ciborum, sed argutias quaestionum,

Gell. 7 (6), 13, 2; 7 (6), 16, 6; Amm. 25, 2, 2; 26, 7, 1; 30, 1, 20; cf. cuppedium.

Lewis & Short Latin Dictionary, 1879. - Revised, Enlarged, and in Great Part Rewritten. . 2011.

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  • CUPPEDINARIUS — apud Lamprid. in Heliogabalo, c. 30. Pinxit se ut cuppedinarium: Coquus est, a foro Cuppedinis, quod Varro perperam a Cuppedio quodam dictum autumat. Cuppedo enim veterib. Latinis idem, quod Cupido fuit. Lucretius, l. 4. v. 1083. Tam magis… …   Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

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