mattĕa | mattya, i | mactĕa | mattĕum (noun F.n) = ματτύα: (, ), , , = (v. Varr. L. L. 5, 22, § 112 Müll.)
* A dainty dish, dainty, delicacy, Suet. Calig. 38; Sen. Contr. 4, 27; Petr. 65: to mattea sola juvat (al. juvant, assuming a collat. form, , , ), Mart. 10, 59, 4: inter quadrupedes mattea prima lepus,id. 13, 92, 2.

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