noun

pulpāmentum

gen. pulpāmenti · gender neuter · decl. 2nd

The fleshy part of animals; the meat

The fleshy part of animals, etc., the meat, e. g. of fishes, Plin 9, 15, 18, § 48.—

food prepared mainly from bits of meat; tidbits; I do the shooting by extension •

Transf., food prepared mainly from bits of meat, tidbits: nimis vellem aliquid pulpamenti, Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 31; id. Curc. 1, 1, 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. 3, 1, 36; 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.

Perseus ID: n39525 Key: pulpamentum