epulae
Latin
Etymology
plural of epulum.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈe.pu.lae̯/, [ˈɛpʊɫ̪äe̯]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈe.pu.le/, [ˈɛːpule]
Noun
epulae f pl (genitive epulārum); first declension
- feast, banquet, sumptuous meal
- Synonyms: epulum, convīvium, dominium, cōmissātiō, fēsta, daps, alogia
- dishes, meats.
- (figuratively) food.
- Synonym: cibus
Usage notes
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
First-declension noun, plural only.
| Case | Plural |
|---|---|
| Nominative | epulae |
| Genitive | epulārum |
| Dative | epulīs |
| Accusative | epulās |
| Ablative | epulīs |
| Vocative | epulae |
Related terms
- epulāris
- epulō
- epulor
- epulum
References
- “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, 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)
- (ambiguous) to load the tables with the most exquisite viands: mensas exquisitissimis epulis instruere (Tusc. 5. 21. 62)