† pancarpĭus and pancarpus, a, um, adj., = παγκάρπιος and πάγκαρπος, consisting or composed of all kinds of fruits.
- I. Lit.: pancarpiae dicuntur coronae ex vario genere florum factae, Fest. p. 220 Müll.: Jesum cognominant Soterem et Christum … Quam propius fuit de Atticis historiis pancarpiam vocari (alluding to the olive-branch, ornamented with all sorts of fruits, which was carried about by boys in Athens on a certain festival), Tert. ad Val. 12.
- II. Transf., of all sorts: nomine pancarpi, qui in ludicris muneribus edi solet, propter omnium generum, quae inerant, bestias, exagitatis Arcam Noe, Aug. adv. Secund. 23.