epulum

== Latin == === Etymology === Possibly contracted from *edipulum, from edō. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɛ.pʊ.ɫũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɛː.pu.lum] === Noun === epulum n (genitive epulī); second declension feast, banquet, festive entertainment Synonyms: epulae, convīvium, dominium, cōmissātiō, fēsta, daps, alogia (in the plural) dishes, meats. (in the plural, figuratively) food. ==== Usage notes ==== The plural form epulae f may be used separately as a plurale tantum. ==== Declension ==== Second-declension (neuter) noun in the singular; first-declension (feminine) or second-declension (neuter) noun in the plural. ==== Related terms ==== epulae epulāris epulō epulor === References === “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, 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. “epulum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers