pancarpius

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

pancarpĭus and pancarpus, a, um, adj., = παγκάρπιος and πάγκαρπος, consisting or composed of all kinds of fruits.

I Lit.: pancarpiae dicuntur coronae ex vario genere florum factae, Fest. p. 220 Müll.: Jesum cognominant Soterem et Christum ... Quam propius fuit de Atticis historiis pancarpiam vocari (alluding to the olive-branch, ornamented with all sorts of fruits, which was carried about by boys in Athens on a certain festival), Tert. ad Val. 12.—

II Transf., of all sorts : nomine pancarpi, qui in ludicris muneribus edi solet, propter omnium generum, quae inerant, bestias, exagitatis Arcam Noe, Aug. adv. Secund. 23.