dainty (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. cŭpēdia, orum and cupediae, arum2. săpōres (i. e. choice flavours • dainty (subs.): more usu. in pl.: 1. cŭpēdia, orum and cupediae, arum: I care not for d.s, nil moror cupedia, Pl.: more fully, cupediae ciborum, Gell. 2. săpōres (i. e. choice flavours: not so used in sing.): Plin. Phr.: the sturgeon was regarded as a great d., nobilissimus habitus acipenser, Plin.: mullets are regarded as a great d., gratia maxima est mullis, id.: to search the world over for d.s, vescendi causa terra marique omnia exquirere, Sall.