English → Latin
“tit-bit” in Latin
matteaA dainty dish, a delicacycuppēdiaa taste for delicacies; delicaciesagōto act, to behave; to do; to make (something that does not continue to exist after the maker stops)scītāmentadelicate food, dainties, delicacies; stylistic elegances, niceties or prettinesses of speech
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
tit-bit
mattea (a small and delicate morsel of food, Sen., Contr., 4, 27, Petr.): cibus delicatus: plur., cuppedia, -orum, neuter, or cuppediae, -arum, feminine; cibi delicatiores (general term): res ad epulandum exquisitissimae (exquisite delicacies for the table): bonae res (the best bits, at table, as distinguished from the rest of the food, Nep., Ages., 8, 5, where it is, perhaps, only a translation of the corresponding τὰ ἀγαθα): ganeae opera, -um, neuter (as articles of excess): gulae irritamenta (as far as they excite the palate. ☞ Such expressions as escae molliculae, scitamenta, belong only to the comic writers; lautitiae is = a magnificent style of living). To eat only tit-bits, unum quidque quod est bellissimum edere (after Ter., Ad., 4, 2, 51): this bird is now reckoned among the best tit-bits, haec ales nunc inter primas expetitur: fond of tit-bits, *cuppediorum studiosus (after Suet., Caes., 4, 6): fastidii delicati (that can relish none but dainty food).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for tit-bit?
- The usual Latin words for “tit-bit” are mattea, cuppēdia, agō; also scītāmenta. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.