epulae

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Latin

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Etymology

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plural of epulum.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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epulae f pl (genitive epulārum); first declension

  1. feast, banquet, sumptuous meal
    Synonyms: epulum, convīvium, dominium, cōmissātiō, fēsta, daps, alogia
  2. dishes, meats.
  3. (figuratively) food.
    Synonym: cibus

Usage notes

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This is used as a noun only in the plural and as the plural of epulum. It is particularly used in the plural when describing a religious festival.

Declension

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First-declension noun, plural only.

Case Plural
Nominative epulae
Genitive epulārum
Dative epulīs
Accusative epulās
Ablative epulīs
Vocative epulae
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References

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  • epulae”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • epulae”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • epulae in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • epulae in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) to load the tables with the most exquisite viands: mensas exquisitissimis epulis instruere (Tusc. 5. 21. 62)
    • (ambiguous) during dinner; at table: inter cenam, inter epulas
    • (ambiguous) to entertain, regale a person: accipere aliquem (bene, copiose, laute, eleganter, regio apparatu, apparatis epulis)