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bellaria

bellārĭa, ōrum, n.,
  • that which is used as a dessert, fruit, nuts, confectionery, sweet wine, etc.; the dessert, τράγημα, Fr. dragée [from bellus, like bellissimum, Ter. Ad. 590 Don., and pulchralia, Fest. p. 210], Gell. 13, 11, 7; Plaut. Truc. 2, 5, 27 (474); Suet. Ner. 27.☞ Here the corrupted passage ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 35 Müll. seems to belong: bellarium et bellaria res aptas bellis (epulis? acc. to Scal., or belle? Cod. Ber. and Lips. have belli) appellabant.

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