colyphia

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

cōlȳphĭa (-līphĭa), ōrum, n., = τὰ κωλύφια,

choice bits of meat , loin-pieces : collyrae facite ut madeant et Colyphia, Plaut. Pers. 1, 3, 13 Ritschl: comedunt colyphia paucae, Juv. 2, 53 Jan.—Form coliphia, Mart. 7, 67, 12; cf. Schneid. ad Veg. 6, 12, p. 105.

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