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νόησε δὲ δῖος Ὀδυσσεὺς σαίνοντάς τε κύνας, περί τε κτύπος ἦλθε ποδοῖινgodly Odysseus heard the fawning of dogs, and on top of that came the beat of two feet

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

sūmen: inis, n. contr. from sugimen, sugmen, from sugo,
I a breast, of women (syn.: uber, mamma).
I Lit.
   A In gen.: manus lactanti in sumine sidat, Lucil. ap. Non. 458, 7.—
   B In partic., a sow's udder, the paps of a sow (esteemed a delicacy by the Romans): pernam, abdomen, sumen, suis glandium, Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 44; id. Ps. 1, 2, 33; id. Capt. 4, 3, 4; Plin. 11, 37, 84, § 211; Mart. 13, 44, 1.—*
   2    Meton., a sow, a hog, Juv. 12, 73. —
II Transf., the fat part, the richest portion: (Caesar Vopiscus) campos Roseae Italiae dixit esse sumen, Varr R. R. 1, 7, 10; Plin. 17, 4, 3, § 32.