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pulpamentum

pulpamentum, flesh, animal food, a choice bit, relish, appetizer

pulpāmentum, i, n. [pulpa].
  • The fleshy part of animals, etc., the meat, e. g. of fishes, Plin. 9, 15, 18, § 48.—
  • II Transf., food prepared mainly from bits of meat, tidbits: nimis vellem aliquid pulpamenti, Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 31 (713); id. Curc. 1, 1, 90 (90): mihi ... cubile est terra, pulpamentum fames, Cic. Tusc. 5, 32, 90.—Prov.: lepus tute es et pulpamentum quaeris? you are a hare yourself, and are you hunting game? Ter. Eun. 426; v. lepus: ego semper apros occido, sed alter semper utitur pulpamento, I do the shooting, but he gets the game; I shake the bush, but another catches the bird, Diocl. ap. Vop. Numer. fin.

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