noun
- declension: 3rd declension
- gender: neuter
Definitions:
- melt-in-mouth medicine, electuary, paste of powder+honey held in mouth
- Age: Late, post-classical (3rd-5th centuries)
- Area: Biological, Medical, Body Parts
- Geography: All or none
- Frequency: Appears only in Pliny’s “Natural History”
- Source: Lewis & Short, “A Latin Dictionary”, 1879 (Lewis & Short)