parergon

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

părergon, i, n., = πάρεργον,

an extra ornament : adjecerit parvulas naves longas in iis, quae pictores parerga appellant, Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 101; Vitr. 9, 9; Inscr. Grut. 59, 2; 77, 3 al.— Plur. : Părerga , ōn, the title of a work by Attius , Non. 61, 24.

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