The corpus record — Latin

sapidus

sapidus · adj

well-tasted

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Where it lives

De Re Coquinaria 1 · 0.64/10k
Metamorphoses 3 · 0.56/10k

What it meant

săpĭdus — Lewis & Short

săpĭdus, a, um, adj.sapio (post-class.).

I Lit., well-tasted, relishing, savory: tucetum perquam sapidissimum, App. M. 2, p. 117, 32; 10, p. 344, 32: avis sapidior, Apic. 6, 6.—*

II Trop., wise, prudent: puellae, Alcim. 6 prooem.—* Adv.: să-pĭdē, savorily: femur sapidissime percoctum, App. M. 8 fin.

In the wild

sapidissimum Apuleius, Metamorphoses 2.7
sapidissimis Apuleius, Metamorphoses 10.13
sapidiorem Apicius, De Re Coquinaria 5.232
sapidissime Apuleius, Metamorphoses 8.31

Where it came from

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