mola salsa

Latin

Noun

mola salsa f (genitive molae salsae); first declension

1. (religion) sacred flour
   • c. 190 BCE – 185 BCE, Plautus, Amphitryon 740:

     […] aut mola salsa hodie aut ture comprecatam oportuit.

   • c. 77 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 18.7:

     Numa instituit deos fruge colere et mola salsa supplicare atque, […]

References

• mola in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Further reading

• mola salsa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia