īsicium

Meaning

1. minced meat, forcemeat
   Insicia ab eo quod insecta caro, ut in Carmine Saliorum est, quod in extis dicitur nunc prosectum.1938 translation by Roland G. Kent Insicia ‘minced meat’ from this, that the meat is insecta ‘cut up,’ just as in the Song of the Salii the word prosicium ‘slice’ is used, for which, in the offering of the vitals, the word prosectum is now used.116 BCE – 27 BCE, Marcus Terentius Varro, De Lingua Latina 5.110
   Isicia fiunt marina de cammaris et astacis de lolligine, de sepia, de locusta. Isicium condies pipere, ligustico, cumino, laseris radice.HERE ARE MANY KINDS OF MINCED DISHES: SEAFOOD MINCES ARE MADE OF SEA-ONION, OR SEA CRAB-FISH, LOBSTER, CUTTLE-FISH, INK FISH, SPINY LOBSTER, SCALLOPS AND OYSTERS. THE FORCEMEAT IS SEASONED WITH LOVAGE, PEPPER, CUMIN AND LASER ROOT.Apicius Caelius, De Re Coquinaria 2.1
2. specificallyrissole, meatball or mincemeat patty
3. Medieval Latinstuffed meat, sausage

Declension

Origins

From īnsecō (“cut up”) + -ius, with regular deletion of /n/ before a fricative and compensatory lengthening.