Latin

Noun

epulae f pl ‎(genitive epulārum); first declension

1. feast, banquet
2. dishes, meats.
3. (figuratively) food.

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

Forms only in plural when acting as a noun separate from epulum

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, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “epulae”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (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)