bellaria

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

bellārĭa, ōrum, n.,

that which is used as a dessert , fruit , nuts , confectionery , sweet wine , etc.; the dessert , τράγημα, Fr. dragée [from bellus, like bellissimum, Ter. Ad. 590 Don., and pulchralia, Fest. p. 210], Gell. 13, 11, 7; Plaut. Truc. 2, 5, 27; Suet. Ner. 27.☞ Here the corrupted passage ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 35 Müll. seems to belong: bellarium et bellaria res aptas bellis (epulis? acc. to Scal., or belle? Cod. Ber. and Lips. have belli) appellabant.