ὅτι χρὴ τοῦ μέλιτος ἄκρῳ δακτύλῳ, ἀλλὰ μὴ κοίλῃ χειρὶ γεύεσθαι → that honey should be tasted with the fingertip and not by the handful
pretence: P. προσποίησις, ἡ.
over-refinement: P. and V. τρυφή, ἡ, ἁβρότης, ἡ (Plato).