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|lshtext=<b>ĕpŭlo</b>: ōnis (also EPOLONUS, i, acc. to Paul. ex Fest. p. 78, 11 Müll.), m. [[epulum]],<br /><b>I</b> a [[guest]] at a [[feast]] or [[banquet]], a [[feaster]], [[carouser]].<br /><b>I</b> In gen. ([[mostly]] [[post]]-[[class]].), Cic. Att. 2, 7, 3; App. M. 2, p. 123; 9, p. 235; Firm. Math. 5, 4 fin.—Far [[more]] freq.,<br /><b>II</b> In partic.: Tresviri or Septemviri Epulones (in inscrr. also SEPTEMVIR and SEPTEMVIRI [VII. VIR.] EPVLONVM), a t. t. of relig. lang., a [[college]] of priests, [[composed]] at [[first]] of [[three]] and [[afterwards]] of [[seven]] persons, [[who]] superintended the [[sacrificial]] banquets to the gods, Cic. de Or. 3, 19 fin.; Gell. 1, 12, 6; cf. Plin. Ep. 2, 11, 12; Luc. 1, 602; Inscr. Orell. 590; 773; 2259 sq.; Calend. Praenest. Jan. (Orell. Inscr. 2, p. 382).—In sing.: [[Epulo]], Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 6, § 82 Müll. N. cr.: Triumvir [[Epulo]], Liv. 40, 42: [[tres]] viri epulones, id. 33, 42, 1: VII. VIRO. EPVLONI, Inscr. Orell. 2365.
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|gf=(1) <b>ĕpŭlō</b>, āre, tr., c. [[epulor]] : Fort. Carm. 10, 11, 24.<br />(2) <b>ĕpŭlō</b>,¹⁶ ōnis, m. ([[epulum]]),<br /><b>1</b> épulon [prêtre qui présidait aux festins des sacrifices] : Cic. de Or. 3, 73 ; Liv. 33, 42<br /><b>2</b> beau mangeur, banqueteur : Cic. Att. 2, 7, 3 ; Apul. M. 2, 19.
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