Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome

a salt cellar. Hence also CONCHIS, beans or peas cooked "in the shell" or in the pod; and diminutives and variations: CONCHICLA FABA, (bean in the pod) for CONCHICULA, which is the same as CONCHIS and CONCICLA; {Rx} 194-98, 411. ---- APICIANA, {Rx} 195; ---- DE PISA, {Rx} 196; ---- COMMODIANA, {Rx} 197; ---- FARSILIS, {Rx} 199 CONCHICLATUS, {Rx} 199 CONCRESCO, grow together, run together, thicken, congeal, also curdle, etc., same as CONCRETIO, CONCRETUM CONDIO, to salt, to season, to flavor; to give relish or zest, to spice, to prepare with honey or pepper, and also (since spicing does this very thing) to preserve CONDITIO, laying up, preserving. CONDITIVUS, that which is laid up or preserved, same as CONDITUM CONDITOR, one who spices. Ger. Konditor, a pastry maker CONDIMENTARIUS, spice merchant, grocer CONDIMENTUM, condiment, sauce, dressing, seasoning, pickle, anything used for flavoring, seasoning, pickling ---- VIRIDE green herbs, pot herbs; cf. CONDITURA. ---- PRO PELAMIDE, {Rx} 445; ---- PRO THYNNO, {Rx} 446; ---- IN PERCAM, {Rx} 447; ---- IN RUBELLIONEM, {Rx} 448; ---- RATIO CONDIENDI MURENAS, {Rx} 449; ---- LACERTOS, {Rx} 456; ---- PRO LACERTO ASSO, {Rx} 457; ---- THYNNUM ET DENTICEM, {Rx} 458; ---- DENTICIS, {Rx} 460; ---- IN DENTICE ELIXO, {Rx} 461; ---- AURATA, {Rx} 462; ---- IN AURATAM ASSAM, {Rx} 463; ---- SCORPIONES, {Rx} 464; ---- ANGUILLAM, {Rx} 466; ---- ALIUD ---- ANGUILLAE, {Rx} 467 CONDITUM, preserved, a preserve; cf. CONDIO; ---- MELIRHOMUM, {Rx} 2 ---- ABSINTHIUM ROMANUM, {Rx} 3 ---- PARADOXUM, {Rx} 1 ---- VIOLARUM, {Rx} 5 ---- Paradoxum, facsimile of Vat. Ms., p. 253 CONDITURA, a pickle, a preserve, sauce, seasoning, marinade; the three terms, C., CONDITUM and CONDIMENTUM are much the same in meaning, and are used indiscriminately. They also designate sweet dishes and desserts of different kinds, including many articles known to us as confections. Hence the German, KONDITOR, for confectioner, pastry cook. Nevertheless, a general outline of the specific meanings of these terms may be gathered from observing the nature of the several preparations listed under these headings, particularly as follows: ---- ROSATUM, {Rx} 4; (cf. No. 5) ---- MELLIS, {Rx} 17;