prō-mulsis
ĭdis, f.
I.
Lit., a relish of eggs, salt fish, mead, etc., served first at a Roman banquet, a whet, antepast, Cic. Fam. 9, 16, 8; 9, 20, 1.—
II.
Transf.
A.
A foretaste: libidinis, Petr. 24 fin.—
B.
For promulsidare, the tray for the antepast, Tert. Pall. 5.