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lucunculus

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πᾶσα γυνὴ τοῦ λύχνου ἀρθέντος ἡ αὐτή ἐστι → all women are the same in the dark, all women are the same when the lights go out

Source

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

lŭcuncŭlus: i, m.
dim. lucuns,
I a kind of pastry, Afran. ap. Non. 131, 28: molles caseoli lucunculique, Stat. S. 1, 6, 17; App. M. 10, p. 245, 1; Petr. 66: lucunculus, τηγανίτης, Gloss. Philox.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

lŭcuncŭlus, ī, m. (lucuns), sorte de pâtisserie délicate, petit gâteau : Afran. 162 ; Stat. S. 1, 6, 17 ; Apul. M. 10, 13.

Latin > German (Georges)

lucunculus, ī, m. (Demin. v. lucuns) = τηγανίτης (Gloss. III, 15, 39), ein in der Pfanne gebackenes Gebäck, ein Pfannkuchen, *Afran. com. 162. Stat. silv. 1, 6, 17. Apul. met. 10, 13. Vgl. Salmasius Lampr. Heliog. 32 (tom. 1. p. 873).