Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Promulsis

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. 

PROMUL'SIS. The name given to every sort of eatable taken as a stimulant to the appetite before dinner, such as eggs, oysters, radishes, &c. Cic. Fam. ix. 20.