Note 1818 — BOOK XX.
Lewis Evans translation
Pulmentarium. So ὄψον, "any kind of food eaten with something else, though rarely, if ever, with vegetables." It took its name from the days when the Romans had no bread, but used pulse instead. Vid. Plin., xviii., 8, 19. Pers., iii., 102. Juv., vii., 185. Hor., ii., Sat. ii., 19, "Tu pulmentaria quære sudando." Intybus. Cf. ad v., Fr. 14. Mænarum. Ad Pers., iii, 76.