Meaning of lībācunculus | Babel Free

Definitions

a type of small cake

declension-2

Examples

“Nemo venenum temperat felle et elleboro, sed conditis pulmentis et bene saporatis, et plurimum dulcibus id mali inicit. Ita et diabolus letale quod conficit rebus dei gratissimis et acceptissimis imbuit. Omnia illic seu fortia seu honesta seu sonora seu canora seu subtilia [perinde/proinde] habe ac [si] stillicidia mellis de libacunculo venenato nec tanti gulam facias voluptatis quanti periculum per suavitatem.”

1931 translation by T.R. Glover No one mixes poison with gall and hellebore; no, it is into delicacies well made, well flavoured, and, for the most part, sweet things, that he drops the venom. So does the devil; the deadly draught he brews, he flavours with the most agreeable, the most welcome gifts of God. So count all you find there—brave and honest, resounding, musical, exquisite—as so much honey dripping from a poisoned bit of pastry; and do not count your appetite for the pleasure worth the risk in the sweetness.

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