Apicius

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Ăpīcĭus, ii, m.

I.A A notorious epicure under Augustus and Tiberius , Plin. 10, 48, 68, § 133; cf. Tac. A. 4, 1.—Hence,

B The title of a Latin book on cookery , yet extant , in ten books , whose author is unknown, v. Bähr, Lit. Gesch. p. 521; Teuffel, Röm. Lit. § 278, 4.—

II Deriv.: Ăpīcĭ-ānus , a, um, adj., of or pertaining to Apicius : coctura, Plin. 19, 8, 41, § 143: patina, Apic. 4, 2: condimenta, Tert. Anim. 33.

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

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