Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Mattea

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rich, Anthony (1849). The illustrated companion to the Latin dictionary, and Greek lexicon. p. vi. OCLC 894670115. https://archive.org/details/illustratedcompa00rich. 

MATT'EA or MATT'YA (ματτύα). A general name given to any choice and delicate food, especially poultry and game, which we might term dainties. Pet. Sat. 65. 1. Ib. 74. 6. Mart. xiii. 92.