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ĕpŭlor , ātus, 1,
I.v. dep. n. and a. [epulum], to hold an entertainment, to feast, banquet.
I. Neutr. (class.): “ut in voluptate sit, qui epuletur,” Cic. Fin. 2, 5, 16; id. de Sen. 13, 45; id. Tusc. 1, 47, 113; id. Att. 5, 9; Liv. 42, 56; 44, 31; Tac. H. 3, 38.—With abl., to feast upon, Verg. A. 3, 224; id. G. 2, 537; Vulg. Deut. 12, 12 al.—
II. Act., to eat, feast upon (not ante-Aug.): “aliquem epulandum ponere mensis,” Verg. A. 4, 602; cf. Ov. M. 15, 111; Sen. Troad. 1108; so, “pullos,” Plin. 8, 43, 68, § 170.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (12):
    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 5.9
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 15.111
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 3.224
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 4.602
    • Vergil, Georgics, 2.537
    • Old Testament, Deuteronomy, 12.12
    • Tacitus, Historiae, 3.38
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 42, 56
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 44, 31
    • Seneca, Troades, 1108
    • Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum, 2.5
    • Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes, 1.47
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