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Latin
Etymology
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Noun
morētum n (genitive morētī); second declension
- A country dish composed of fresh cheese, garlic, rue, herbs, vinegar and oil, which is similar to a cheese spread; sometimes translated as a salad.
8 CE,
Ovid,
Fasti 4.367–368:
- ‘nōn pudet herbōsum’ dīxī ‘posuisse morētum
in dominae mēnsīs, an suā causā subest?’- ‘‘Is it not shameful,’’ I said, ‘‘to have placed a rustic dish full of herbs on the mistress's tables, or is there some reason behind it?’’
(Ovid writes in poetic dialogue with the muse Erato, inquiring about the customs of the ancient Roman festival Megalesia, which honored Cybele, the mother goddess or Magna Mater during April.)
- ‘‘Morētum’’ is the title of an ancient poem, ascribed to Virgil.
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
References
- moretum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “moretum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press