māzonomum

Meaning

1. dish, platter
   […]ut in eodem tecto ornithonis inclusum triclinium haberet, ubi delicate cenitaret et alios videret in mazonomo positos coctos, alios volitare circum fenestras captos.[…] he contrived a dining room under the same roof as his aviary in order that he might feast delicately, satisfying two senses, one by eating the birds cooked and spread on a platter, the other by seeing them fly around the windows.116 BCE – 27 BCE, Marcus Terentius Varro, Rerum rusticarum 3.4.3
   Saepe ego nutantem sub iniquo pondere vidi mazonomi puerum […] cum prandiaI have often seen a slave swaying beneath the unfair weight of a huge dish of such daintiesNemesianus, Versus de Aucupio 17

Declension

Origins

From Ancient Greek μαζονόμον (mazonómon) or its alternative form, μαζονόμος (mazonómos), from μᾶζα (mâza, “barley-cake”) + νόμος (nómos), noun from νέμω (némō, “to distribute, serve out”).