pulmentum

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

pulmentum, i, n. [contr. from pulpamentum, from pulpa].

I Any thing eaten with bread , a sauce , condiment , relish (fruit, vegetables, salt, etc.), Ap. Met. 4, 8, 9; 9, 22, 11; 10, 13, 10; Just. 3, 3, 7.—

II Transf., food , in gen., Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 84; id. Aul. 2, 4, 37: laboribus empta, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 48: in singula pulmenta, into separate portions , bits , id. S. 2, 2, 34.

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