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Food and Drink
Learn about Roman gastronomy here.
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| edo, esse, edi, esus | to eat |
| ientaculum, -i (n) | breakfast |
| bibo, bibere | to drink |
| ab ovo usque ad malum | from eggs to apples |
| Apicius | Roman gourmet, from whom we derive a great deal of knowledge about Roman dining |
| prandium, -i (n) | lunch |
| liquamen, liquaminis | garum, a salty seasoning made from fermented fish |
| secunda mensa, ae (f) | dessert |
| gustatio, gustationis | appetizers |
| cena, cenae (f) | dinner |
| magister bibendi | master of ceremonies (drinking) |
| vinum, -i (n) | wine |
| hydria | water jug |
| krater | mixing jug for the addition of water to the wine |
| perna, ae (f) | ham |
| ovum, -i (n) | egg |
| malum, -i (n) | apple |
| mappa, mappae (f) | napkin |
| poculum, -i (n) | cup |
| triclinium, -i (n) | dining room (tri=three) : At a Roman banquet, there are 3 couches set up. Three people recline on each couch |
| lectus, -i (m) | couch, bed |
| cibus, -i (m) | food |
| holus, holeris | vegetable |
| pullus, -i (m) | chicken |
| panis, panis | bread |
| uva, -ae (f) | grape |
| pistrina, -ae (f) | bakery |
| ferculum, -i (n) | tray |
| lac, lactis (m) | milk |
| pirum, -i (n) | pear |
| oleum, i (n) | oil |
| piscis, piscis (m) | fish |
| caro, carnis (m) | meat |
| sal, salis (m) | salt |
| acetum, -i (n) | vinegar |
| caseus, -i (m) | cheese |
| focus, -i (m) | stove, hearth |
| apium, -i (m) | parsley |
| radix, radicis (m) | root, radish |
| citreum, -i (n) | lemon |
| cochlear, cochlearis (m) | spoon |
| bubula, -ae (f) | beef |
| vitulina, -ae (f) | veal |
| nux, nucis | nut |
| locusta, ae (f) | lobster |
| alium, -i (n) | garlic |
| persicum, -i (n) | peach |
| squilla, -ae (f) | shrimp |
| mel, melis (m) | honey |
| faba, ae (f) | bean |
| fame morior | I'm dying from hunger (ablative of cause) |
| ceno, cenare (1) | to dine |
| esurio, esurire | to be hungry |
| sitio, sitire | to be thirsty |
| ructo (1) | to belch |
| coquus, i (m) | cook |
| coquo, coquere, coxi, coctus | to cook |
| hospes, hospitis (m) | host OR guest |
| Petronius | Nero's minister of culture and a Roman author (27-66 CE) of the Satyricon, which satirized the excesses of Roman banquets |
| Trimalchio | rich man satirized in the Satyricon for his banquet (Cena Trimalchionis) |
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