epulae ārum, f viands, sumptuous food, dishes, meats: mensae epulis exstruebantur: vino et epulis onerati, S.: exempta fames epulis, V.: vestis, Blattarum epulae, H.: Viscera (voltur) rimatur epulis, ransacks for food, V.

—Fig., food, support: bonarum cogitationum.

—A feast, banquet, entertainment, feasts, dinners: (carmina) in epulis cantitata: neque modus est epularum: regum, H.: amplissimae, Cs.

— Esp., of religious festivals: sepulcrum epulis celebrare: Voveram dulcīs epulas Libero, H.