Significatio vocis moretum | Babel Free

Definitiones

1. 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.
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2. ‘‘Morētum’’ is the title of an ancient poem, ascribed to Virgil.
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Exempla

“‘nōn pudet herbōsum’ dīxī ‘posuisse morētum”

‘‘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.)

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