scitamenta

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

scītāmenta, ōrum, n. [1. scitus, A. 2.].

I Delicate food , dainties (ante- and postclass.), Plaut. Men. 1, 3, 26: Matius ap. Gell. 20, 9, 3; Macr. S. 7, 14; Ap. Met. 10, 13, 22. —*

II Trop., of figures of speech, niceties , prettinesses : Ὁμοιοτέλευτα ... καὶ ὁμοιόπτωτα ceteraque hujusmodi scitamenta, Gell. 18, 8, 1.