laridum

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

lārĭdum, and sync. lardum (collat. form, lārĭda, ae, f., sc. caro, Cod. Th. 8, 4, 17), i, n. [kindr. with λαρός, λαρινός, fattened, fat],

the fat of bacon, lard .—Form laridum: quanta pernis pestis veniet! quanta labes larido! Plaut. Capt. 4, 3, 3; 4, 2, 67; id. Men. 1, 3, 27.—Form lardum: lardum ossa fracta solidat, Plin. 28, 16, 65, § 227; Hor. S. 2, 6, 64; 85; Mart. 5, 78; Juv. 11, 84.—In plur.: larda, Ov. F. 6, 169.