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scitamenta

scītāmenta, ōrum, n. [1. scitus, A. 2.].
  • Delicate food, dainties (ante- and postclass.), Plaut. Men. 1, 3, 26 (207): 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.

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