epulor Latin · revision 32215

+ {{infobox|confidence=uncertain|formation=derivation|attested=170–c. 90 BC, Accius|origins=ine-pro *h₁ep-lo-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈɛ.pʊ.ɫɔr]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈɛː.pu.lor]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''epulor''' (present infinitive epulārī, perfect active epulātus sum); first conjugation, deponent^(Wiktionary)

+ An active ''epulo'' and passive forms are also found.^(TLL)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[der|la|epulae|t=banquet]], a deponent verb.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) Lewis & Short derive it from [[m|la|epulum|t=feast]].^(Lewis & Short 1879) De Vaan reconstructs [[itc-pro|*ep(V)lo-]] for [[m|la|epulum]], perhaps from [[ine-pro|*h₁ep-lo-]], as Nussbaum proposed; the only candidate within Latin is [[m|la|apiō|t=to seize]], a banquet being an opportunity to grab food.^(de Vaan 2008) He compares [[goh|uoba|t=festival]], but doubts the connection.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's first example is Accius, of servants feasting there with their masters.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means to dine sumptuously, feast or banquet, as Cicero writes of the pleasure of one who feasts, and Livy and Tacitus use it; with an ablative it means to feast on something.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) In general it is simply to take one's food, as Columella's bailiff who eats in sight of the farmhands as an example of frugality.^(OLD 2012) Transitively, Virgil's Dido asks why she could not have served Ascanius up as a feast on his father's table.^(OLD 2012) In Church Latin it means to feast, make merry, rejoice.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 170–c. 90 BC – Accius of servants feasting with masters.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of the pleasure of feasting.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil of serving someone up as a feast.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1st century AD – Columella of a bailiff's meals.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To dine sumptuously, [[m|en|feast]], [[m|en|banquet]]; with an ablative, to feast on.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To take one's food, eat.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Transitively, to feast upon.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Ecclesiastical Latin)'' To make merry, [[m|en|rejoice]].^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[epulae]]

+ * [[epulāris]]

+ * [[epulō]]

+ * [[epulum]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}