Taratalla

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

Tărătalla,

a humorous name of a cook , taken from Homer (Il. 1, 465): Μίστυλλον τ ἄρα τ ἄλλα: si tibi Mistyllus cocus, Aemiliane, vocatur, Dicetur quare non Taratalla mihi? Mart. 1, 51, 2.