sumptuary
SUMPTUARY
A sumptuary law lex sumtuaria (Cic.): lex quae modum faciat sumtibus (Liv.): lex cibaria (with reference to food).
A sumptuary law lex sumtuaria (Cic.): lex quae modum faciat sumtibus (Liv.): lex cibaria (with reference to food).
sumptuary (regulating expense): sumptuārius: a s. law, lex s., Cic. Att. 13, 7, 1: Suet. Aug. 34, init.: s. laws, relating to food, are called leges cibariae, Cato in Macr. S. 2, 13, post med.: v. also Smith's Dict. Ant. p. 1077, seq.