panificium

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

pānĭfĭcĭum (pānĕf-), ĭi, n. [panis-facio], the making of bread.

I Lit.: a pane et faciendo panificium coeptum dici, Varr. L. L. 5, § 105 Müll.—

II Transf., any thing baked , as bread , cakes , etc., Cels. 2, 18: verbenas coronasque et panificia libertus obtulisse ei visus est, offering-cakes , Suet. Vesp. 7.