Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Placenta

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. 

PLACEN'TA (πλακοῦς). A thin flat cake made of wheat flour, mixed with cheese and honey, but of considerable size, so that it would cut up into a number of separate pieces, for each of the guests present. Cato. R. R. 76. Hor. Ep. i. 10. 11. Compare Sat. ii. 8. 24.