epulum Latin · revision 6145

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''epulum''' ''n'' (genitive epulī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ Its origin is uncertain.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) Nussbaum proposes [[ine-pro|*h₁ep-lo-]], from the root of [[apiō]] “to seize”, a banquet as a chance to grab food, which de Vaan calls only a root etymology.^(de Vaan 2008) He compares [[goh|uoba|t=festival]], which has a different root vowel.^(de Vaan 2008) Walde and Hofmann and Ernout and Meillet connected it with [[ops]] “work”, which de Vaan rejects, and Lewis and Short suggested a contraction of *edipulum from [[edō]] “to eat”.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Köbler calls it an old word of the sacred language.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Naevius, and Köbler's first source is Ennius.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010) Köbler dates Naevius c. 235–200 BC and Ennius 204–169 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant a public feast or banquet, especially one given for a festival or special occasion, as a funeral banquet in Cicero and the ''epulum Iovis'' in Livy.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) De Vaan finds no hard evidence that it was a religious or sacrificial meal.^(de Vaan 2008) The plural was usually supplied by [[epulae]] “sumptuous food, banquet”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Döderlein says ''epulae'' is the general word for a meal, while [[convīvium]] is a social meal and [[daps]] a religious one.^(Döderlein 1874)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 235–200 BC – Naevius uses it.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of a funeral banquet.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy uses it of a public feast.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A public [[m|en|feast]], [[m|en|banquet]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[epulō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[epulae]]

+ * [[epulāris]]

+ * [[epulor]]

+ * [[apīscor]]

+ * [[sollus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}