epulo
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
ĕpŭlo: ōnis (also EPOLONUS, i, acc. to Paul. ex Fest. p. 78, 11 Müll.), m. epulum,
I a guest at a feast or banquet, a feaster, carouser.
I 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.,
II 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.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) ĕpŭlō, āre, tr., c. epulor : Fort. Carm. 10, 11, 24.
(2) ĕpŭlō,¹⁶ ōnis, m. (epulum),
1 épulon [prêtre qui présidait aux festins des sacrifices] : Cic. de Or. 3, 73 ; Liv. 33, 42
2 beau mangeur, banqueteur : Cic. Att. 2, 7, 3 ; Apul. M. 2, 19.
Latin > German (Georges)
(1) epulo1, ōnis, m. (epulum), I) tresviri u. septemviri (gew. IIIviri u. VIIviri) epulones, ein aus drei, später aus sieben (ja aus zehn) Personen zusammengesetztes Priesterkollegium, das die feierlichen öffentlichen Mahlzeiten bei Götterfesten zu besorgen hatte, tresviri epulones, Cic. de or. 3, 73. Liv. 33, 42, 1: Sing. tresvir epulo, Liv. 40, 42, 7. – septemviri epulones, Gell. 1, 12, 6: Sing. VII vir epulo, Corp. inscr. Lat. 3, 1741: septemvir epulonum, Plin. ep. 2, 11, 12. Corp. inscr. Lat. 10, 6087 u. 11, 5210: poet. septemvir epulis festis, Lucan. 1, 602. – bl. epulones, Cic. de har. resp. 21: Sing. epulo, Enn. b. Varro LL. 6, 82 Muell. not. cr. – II) der gern an Gastereien Teilnehmende, der Schmauser, Fresser, Schmausbruder, Cic. ad Att. 2, 7, 3. Apul. met. 2, 19: epulones et bibones, Schmaus- u. Zechbrüder, Firm. math. 5, 4 extr. – / Nbf. epulōnus, arch. epolōnus, Paul. ex Fest. 78, 11; vgl. coëpulōnus, Plaut. Pers. 100.
(2) epulo2 s. epulor.
