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|lnetxt=epulum epuli N N :: [[feast]]; [[solemn or public banquet]]; [[entertainment]]
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>ĕpŭlum</b>: i, n., and in the plur. heterocl. ĕpŭlae, ārum (EPULAM antiqui [[etiam]] [[singulariter]] posuere, Paul. ex Fest. p. 82, 14 Müll.), f. etym. dub.; perh. contr. from edipulum, from edo,<br /><b>I</b> [[sumptuous]] [[food]] or dishes (cf.: [[daps]], [[commissatio]], [[convivium]], [[cena]], etc.).<br /><b>I</b> Prop. ([[only]] in the plur.): si [[illi]] congestae sint [[epulae]], Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 70: mensae conquisitissimis epulis exstruebantur, Cic. Tusc. 5, 21, 62: vino et epulis onerati, Sall. J. 76 fin.; so opp. [[vinum]], Liv. 8, 16; 9, 18 Drak.; 23, 18; Nep. [[Dion]]. 4, 4 al.; cf. opp. [[merum]], Ov. M. 8, 572; opp. pocula, Verg. G. 4, 378; id. A. 1, 723: [[postquam]] exempta [[fames]] epulis, id. ib. 1, 216; Ov. M. 8, 829; 15, 82; Plin. 33, 1, 6, § 27 al.—Poet.: [[vestis]], blattarum ac tinearum [[epulae]], Hor. S. 2, 3, 119; cf. Verg. A. 6, 599.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Trop.: oculis epulas [[dare]], Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 2: [[pars]] animi saturata bonarum cogitationum epulis, Cic. Div. 1, 29, 61; cf. discendi, id. Top. 4 fin.—<br /><b>II</b> In gen., a [[sumptuous]] [[meal]], a [[banquet]], [[feast]] (in the sing. [[usually]] of banquets held on [[religious]] festivals or [[other]] [[public]] occasions, or [[which]] were given to a [[number]] of persons; cf. 1. [[epulo]], II.).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Sing.: Jovis [[epulum]] fuit ludorum [[causa]], Liv. 25, 2 fin.; cf. id. 27, 36; 31, 4 fin.; 33, 42 fin.; Val. Max. 2, 1, 2; Gell. 12, 8, 2: funebre, Cic. Vat. 12 sq.; cf. Liv. 39, 46: [[epulum]] [[dare]], Cic. Mur. 36; Vell. 2, 56; Tac. H. 1, 76; Hor. S. 2, 3, 86 et saep.; ([[with]] [[visceratio]]), Suet. Caes. 38; cf. the foll. Of a [[feast]] in [[general]], Suet. Aug. 98; Juv. 3, 229. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Plur.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In gen.: quae (carmina) in epulis esse cantitata, Cic. Brut. 19, 75; cf. id. Tusc. 1, 2, 3 sq.; Quint. 1, 10, 20: in quibusdam [[neque]] pecuniae [[modus]] est [[neque]] honoris, nec epularum, Cic. Fin. 1, 16, 51: regis, id. Rep. 2, 21; Hor. S. 2, 2, 45; cf. * Caes. B. G. 6, 28 fin.: [[divum]], Verg. A. 1, 79: prodigae, Tac. H. 1, 62: familiares, Suet. Ner. 22 et saep.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Esp., [[less]] freq. of banquets on [[religious]] or [[public]] festivals (cf. A.), Cic. Leg. 2, 25, 63; id. Fl. 38, 95; Hor. C. 3, 8, 6; cf. ([[with]] viscerationes), Cic. Off. 2, 16; Vulg. Esth. 8, 17 al.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>ĕpŭlum</b>,¹¹ ī, n., repas public donné dans les solennités, repas sacré : Cic. Mur. 75 ; Liv. 25, 2, 10 ; funebre Cic. Vat. 30, repas de funérailles &#124;&#124; repas en général : Juv. 3, 229.||repas en général : Juv. 3, 229.
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{{Georges
|georg=epulum, ī, n., [[ein]] feierliches, politisches [[oder]] religiöses [[Mahl]], das [[Gastmahl]], der [[Schmaus]], das Ehrenmahl, Festmahl, epuli [[dominus]], Cic.: ep. populi [[Romani]], Cic.: ep. [[Iovis]], Lucil. u. Liv.: alci [[epulum]] dare, Val. Max.: alci [[epulum]] dare nomine alcis, Cic.: [[epulum]] per multos [[dies]] [[datum]], Vell.: dans [[epulum]], der [[Gastgeber]], Sen.: dedicationis diem [[epulo]] celebrare, Plin. ep. – / Nbf. [[aepulum]], Corp. inscr. Lat. 8, 860, 5.
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{{LaZh
|lnztxt=epulum, i. n. :: [[官宴]]
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