epulum
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Possibly contracted from *edipulum, from edō.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈe.pu.lum/, [ˈɛpʊɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈe.pu.lum/, [ˈɛːpulum]
Noun edit
epulum n (genitive epulī); second declension
- feast, banquet, festive entertainment
- 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.78–80:
- “Tū mihi quodcumque hoc rēgnī, tū scēptra Iovemque
conciliās, tū dās epulīs accumbere dīvum,
nimbōrumque facīs tempestātumque potentem.”- “You [win] for me whatsoever sort of kingdom this [is], you secure [for me] a scepter and [favor from] Jupiter, you grant [to me the privilege] to recline at the feasts of the gods, and you confer [on me the] power of clouds and of storms.”
(King Aeolus speaks with humble respect to Queen Juno; note the word repetition or anaphora: “You…, you…, you…, you….”)
- “You [win] for me whatsoever sort of kingdom this [is], you secure [for me] a scepter and [favor from] Jupiter, you grant [to me the privilege] to recline at the feasts of the gods, and you confer [on me the] power of clouds and of storms.”
- “Tū mihi quodcumque hoc rēgnī, tū scēptra Iovemque
- (in the plural) dishes, meats.
- (in the plural, figuratively) food.
Usage notes edit
The plural form epulae may be used separately as a plurale tantum.
Declension edit
This noun is heterogeneous, having neuter second declension in the singular and feminine first declension in the plural.
Second-declension noun (neuter) or first-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | epulum | epulae |
| Genitive | epulī | epulārum |
| Dative | epulō | epulīs |
| Accusative | epulum | epulās |
| Ablative | epulō | epulīs |
| Vocative | epulum | epulae |
It, however, may later be found in the standard Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | epulum | epula |
| Genitive | epulī | epulōrum |
| Dative | epulō | epulīs |
| Accusative | epulum | epula |
| Ablative | epulō | epulīs |
| Vocative | epulum | epula |
Related terms edit
References edit
- “epulum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “epulum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- epulum 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)
- epulum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], 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)
- “epulum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers