encytus

Latin

Alternative forms

• enchytus

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἔγχυτος (énkhutos), from ἐγχέω (enkhéō, “to pour in”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈen.ky.tus/, [ˈɛŋkʏt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈen.t͡ʃi.tus/, [ˈɛn̠ʲt͡ʃit̪us]

Noun

encytus m (genitive encytī); second declension

1. kind of fried sweet pastry
   • 234 BCE – 149 BCE, Cato the Elder, De Agri Cultura 80:

     Encytum ad eundem modum facito uti globos, nisi calicem pertusum cavum habeat. Ita in unguen caldum fundito. †Honestum† quasi spiram facito idque duabus rudibus vorsato praestatoque. Item unguito coloratoque caldum ne nimium. Id cum melle aut cum mulso adponito.

     Make the enchytus the same way as the globus, except that the vessel has a hole. Therefore pour it in hot oil. Shape it as the spira, and whirl and hold with two rods. Also oil and glaze it while not too hot. Serve with honey or with mulsum.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	encytus	encytī
Genitive	encytī	encytōrum
Dative	encytō	encytīs
Accusative	encytum	encytōs
Ablative	encytō	encytīs
Vocative	encyte	encytī

References

• encytus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “encytus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Further reading

• Dalby, Andrew (2003) Food in the Ancient World from A to Z, London, New York: Routledge, →ISBN, page 70