manducus
From LSJ
Θεὸν προτίμα, δεύτερον δὲ τοὺς γονεῖς → Post deum habeas parentes proximo loco → Vor allem ehre Gott, die Eltern gleich nach ihm
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
mandūcus: i, m. 1. manduco,
I a glutton (ante-class.).
I Lit., Pompon. ap. Non. 17, 15.—
II Transf., a ludicrous masked figure representing a person chewing, used in processions and in comedies to excite merriment: manduci effigies in pompa antiquorum inter ceteras ridiculas formidolosasque ire solebat magnis malis ac late dehiscens et ingentem dentibus sonitum faciens, de qua Plautus (Rud. 2, 6, 51), etc., Paul. ex Fest. p. 128 Müll.; cf. Varr. L. L. 7, § 95; and E. Munk. de Fab. Atell. p. 39 sq.
