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Supper of Trimalchio (A)

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A supper for gourmands of the upper classes in the reign of Nero. It forms a section of Petronii Arbitri Satyricon.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Sunflower (The)
Sunna or Sonna
Sunnites
Suo Jure (Latin)
Suo Marte (Latin)
Super, Supers
Supercilious
Supernaculum
Superstition
Supped all his Porridge (He has)
Supper of Trimalchio (A)
Supplication
Sure as Demoivre
“Surest Way to Peace is a constant Preparation for War.”
Surety
Surfeit Water
Surgeon
Surloin of Beef
Surlyboy
Surname
Surplice