pŏpīna, ae, f. [πέπω, πέπτω, to cook],
I a cook-shop , victualling-house , eating-house (syn.: caupona, taberna): bibitur, estur, quasi in popinā, Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 13; Cic. Phil. 2, 28, 69; 13, 11, 24; Suet. Tib. 34; id. Ner. 16; Hor. S. 2, 4, 62; id. Ep. 1, 14, 21; Mart. 1, 42, 10; 5, 70, 3; Juv. 8, 172; 11, 81. —
II Transf., the food sold at a cookshop : si epulae potius quam popinae nominandae sunt, Cic. Phil. 3, 8, 20: taeterrimam popinam inhalare, id. Pis. 6, 13.