I.“most freq. in Plaut. and Cic.),” spice, seasoning, Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 3 sq.; id. Ps. 3, 2, 31 sq.: “cibi,” Cic. Fin. 2, 28, 90: “arida,” Col. 12, 51, 2: “viridia,” green herbs used in seasoning, id. 12, 8, 1.—
II. Trop.: “condimentum postremum Fabulae plausus,” Plaut. Poen. 5, 6, 33: “optumum aerumnae est animus aequus,” id. Rud. 2, 3, 71 (but the verse Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 87, is prob. spurious; cf. Ritschl N. cr.): “amicitiae suavitas quaedam sermonum atque morum,” Cic. Lael. 18, 66: “omnium sermonum facetiae,” id. de Or. 2, 67, 271; Quint. 6, 3, 19: “humanitatis,” Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 7, § 21: “condimenti fortasse non nihil, utilitatis certe nihil (voluptas) habebit,” id. Off. 3, 33, 120.