noun
ptĭsănārĭum
Meaning
- a decoction of barley-groats
ptĭsănārĭum, ii, n. ptisana,
I. a decoction of barley-groats, or, transf., of rice:
oryzae, Hor. S. 2, 3, 155; cf. Plin. 18, 7, 13, § 71.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
ptisanārium ī, n
ptisana, barley-groats, a decoction of barley-groats, gruel : oryzae, H.