sumen

sūmen, inis, n. [contr. from sugimen, sugmen, from sugo], a breast, of women (syn.: uber, mamma).

• I Lit.
• • A In gen.: manus lactanti in sumine sidat, Lucil. ap. Non. 458, 7.—
  • B In partic., a sow’s udder, the paps of a sow (esteemed a delicacy by the Romans): pernam, abdomen, sumen, suis glandium, Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 44 (323); id. Ps. 1, 2, 33 (164); id. Capt. 4, 3, 4 (904); Plin. 11, 37, 84, § 211; Mart. 13, 44, 1.—*
  • • 2 Meton., a sow, a hog, Juv. 12, 73. —
• II Transf., the fat part, the richest portion: (Caesar Vopiscus) campos Roseae Italiae dixit esse sumen, Varr R. R. 1, 7, 10; Plin. 17, 4, 3, § 32.

sūmen, inis, n. (= *sūgmen v. sugo), die Brust des säugenden Weibchens, I) im allg., Lucil. 177. – II) insbes., das Saueuter, die Saugwarzen der Sau, der Schmerbauch (bei den Römern ein Leckerbissen, wenn die Jungen die Milch noch nicht ausgesogen hatten), A) eig. u. meton.: 1) eig., Plaut. u. Plin.: mammae suminis porci, Mart.: Plur., sumina apruna, Lampr. Heliog. 21, 3. – 2) meton., die Sau, mirabile s., Iuven. 12, 73. – B) übtr., der fetteste Teil, die Schmalzgrube, campos Roseae Italiae esse sumen, in quo etc., Caes. Vopisc. b. Varro r.r. 1, 7, 10. Plin. 17, 32.

sumen [CL], sow's udder (eaten as delicacy). b (anat.) internal organ, esp. omentum, caul. c belly. et potum nostramque sibi fumare coquinam, / sumen, et artocreas, omen, et ova vident L. Durh. Dial. II 490; si ‘calidum scis ponere sumen’ [Persius 1. 53] J. Sal. Pol. 487D; in cena ~ina, sinciput aprinum, patinam piscium, patinam ~inis, anates Ib. 735C.  b reimposito ~ine vel sudore quod extra vulnus cum fluxu cruoris erumpebat W. Cant. Mir. Thom. V 30; sumen [gl.: grese], et arvina, sagimen, pinguedo, sagina, / abdomen, vel †adapes [l. adeps], predictis adde popisma Garl. Syn. 1587D (cf. (id. Unus gl.) Teaching Latin II 168: ~en, G. grase de porc); ~en vel sagina, omentum idem Alph. 180 (cf. ib. 129: omentum ‥ ~en, arvina ‥ idem); gut, or tharme, viscus ‥ ~en PP; hoc ~en, tharne WW.  c sumem est illa pars que est ab umbilico usque ad pectinen Alph. 180.

sūmĕn, (13) ĭnis, n. (pour sugmen, de sugo ), ¶ 1 tétine de truie [mets recherché des Romains] : Pl. Capt. 904 ; Ps. 166 ; Plin. 11, 211 || sein : Lucil. d. Non. 458, 7 ¶ 2 truie : Juv. 12, 73 ¶ 3 [fig.] sol gras, riche, fécond, fertilité : Varro R. 1, 7, 10 ; Plin. 17, 32.

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sūmen inis, n

• for * sūgmen; SVG-, a breast, udder; hence, a sow, Iu.

Sumen

The udder of a sow, which was regarded as a great dainty by Roman gourmets, especially when taken from an animal that had just littered and before the teats had been sucked (Pliny H. N. xi. 84; Mart. xiii. 44).