Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Jentaculum
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rich, Anthony (1849). The illustrated companion to the Latin dictionary, and Greek lexicon. p. vi. OCLC 894670115. https://archive.org/details/illustratedcompa00rich.
JENTAC'ULUM (ἀκράτισμα). A break-fast; the earliest of the daily meals. (Nigid. ap. Isidor. xx. 2. 10.) It was taken at various hours, according to the habits of each individual; by labourers very early in the morning; and, in general, appears to have consisted of light and digestible food. Suet. Vit. 13. Mart. xiv. 223. Compare viii. 67. Apul. Met. i. p. 14.