DAPS

daps or dăpis, dăpis (nom. daps obsol. Paul. Diac. p. 68, 3: dapis, Juvenc. ap. Auct. de gen. nom. p. 78.—The gen. pl. and dat. sing. do not occur, but are supplied by epulae, cena, convivium, q. v.), f. [stem, dap-, Gr. dapanê, expense: cf. deipnon; R. da-, Gr. daiô, to distribute; Sanscr. dapajami, to cause to divide], a solemn feast for religious purposes, a sacrificial feast (before beginning to till the ground; the Greek proêrosia, made in honor of some divinity, in memory of departed friends, etc. Thus distinguished from epulae, a meal of any kind: convivium, a meal or feast for company; epulum, a formal or public dinner, v. h. v.).

Prop.:

dapem pro bubus piro florente facito... postea dape facta serito milium, panicum, alium, lentim,

Cato R. R. 131 and 132; id. ib. 50 fin.:

pro grege,

an offering for the protection of the flock, Tib. 1, 5, 28; Liv. 1, 7 ad fin.:

ergo obligatam redde Jovi dapem,

Hor. Od. 2, 7, 17:

nunc Saliaribus Ornare pulvinar deorum Tempus erat dapibus,

id. ib. 1, 37, 4:

sollemnis dapes et tristia dona,

Verg. A. 3, 301.

Transf. by the poets and post-Augustan prose-writers beyond the sphere of religion, and used of every (esp. rich, sumptuous) meal, a feast, banquet, in the sing. and plur. (in Verg. passim, in Tibul. in this signif. only plur.).—

Sing.: ne cum tyranno quisquam... eandem vescatur dapem, Att. ap. Non. 415, 25 (v. 217 Ribbeck): quae haec daps est? qui festus dies? Liv. Andr. ap. Prisc. p. 752 P. (transl. of Hom. Od. 1, 225: tis daïs, tis de homilos hod epleto); so Catull. 64, 305; Hor. Od. 4, 4, 12; id. Epod. 5, 33; id. Ep. 1, 17, 51: of a simple, poor meal, Ov. H. 9, 68; 16, 206. Opp. to wine:

nunc dape, nunc posito mensae nituere Lyaeo,

Ov. F. 5, 521; cf.

so in plur.,

id. M. 8, 571; Verg. A. 1, 706.—

Plur.: Tib. 1, 5, 49; 1, 10, 8; Verg. E. 6, 79; id. G. 4, 133; id. A. 1, 210 et saep.; Hor. Od. 1, 32, 13; id. Epod. 2, 48; Ov. M. 5, 113; 6, 664; Tac. A. 14, 22 et saep.:

humanae,

human excrement, Plin. 17, 9, 6, § 51.

daps or dăpis, dăpis (nom. daps obsol. Paul. Diac. p. 68, 3: dapis, Juvenc. ap. Auct. de gen. nom. p. 78.—The gen. pl. and dat. sing. do not occur, but are supplied by epulae, cena, convivium, q. v.), f. [stem, dap-, Gr. dapanê, expense: cf. deipnon; R. da-, Gr. daiô, to distribute; Sanscr. dapajami, to cause to divide], a solemn feast for religious purposes, a sacrificial feast (before beginning to till the ground; the Greek proêrosia, made in honor of some divinity, in memory of departed friends, etc. Thus distinguished from epulae, a meal of any kind: convivium, a meal or feast for company; epulum, a formal or public dinner, v. h. v.).

Prop.:

dapem pro bubus piro florente facito... postea dape facta serito milium, panicum, alium, lentim,

Cato R. R. 131 and 132; id. ib. 50 fin.:

pro grege,

an offering for the protection of the flock, Tib. 1, 5, 28; Liv. 1, 7 ad fin.:

ergo obligatam redde Jovi dapem,

Hor. Od. 2, 7, 17:

nunc Saliaribus Ornare pulvinar deorum Tempus erat dapibus,

id. ib. 1, 37, 4:

sollemnis dapes et tristia dona,

Verg. A. 3, 301.

Transf. by the poets and post-Augustan prose-writers beyond the sphere of religion, and used of every (esp. rich, sumptuous) meal, a feast, banquet, in the sing. and plur. (in Verg. passim, in Tibul. in this signif. only plur.).—

Sing.: ne cum tyranno quisquam... eandem vescatur dapem, Att. ap. Non. 415, 25 (v. 217 Ribbeck): quae haec daps est? qui festus dies? Liv. Andr. ap. Prisc. p. 752 P. (transl. of Hom. Od. 1, 225: tis daïs, tis de homilos hod epleto); so Catull. 64, 305; Hor. Od. 4, 4, 12; id. Epod. 5, 33; id. Ep. 1, 17, 51: of a simple, poor meal, Ov. H. 9, 68; 16, 206. Opp. to wine:

nunc dape, nunc posito mensae nituere Lyaeo,

Ov. F. 5, 521; cf.

so in plur.,

id. M. 8, 571; Verg. A. 1, 706.—

Plur.: Tib. 1, 5, 49; 1, 10, 8; Verg. E. 6, 79; id. G. 4, 133; id. A. 1, 210 et saep.; Hor. Od. 1, 32, 13; id. Epod. 2, 48; Ov. M. 5, 113; 6, 664; Tac. A. 14, 22 et saep.:

humanae,

human excrement, Plin. 17, 9, 6, § 51.

1) sacrifice (hann hét miklu tafni);

2) bloody prey (poet.).

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n. [cp. Lat. daps; Gr. δαπάνη; the Greek word is analogous to sóa, which means to sacrifice and then to waste]:—a sacrifice, = Lat. victima, hostia, but only in a heathen sense, and obsolete; heilagt tafn, the holy sacrifice, Hd.; Gauts tafn, the victims of Odin, i. e. the slain, who in the heathen creed were an offering to Odin, the god of victory, Landn. (in a verse).

2. a bloody prey, poët.; tafn fékksk hrafni, tafns leitandi hrafnar, hrafn fagnaði tafni, hrafn á ylgjar tafni, bola tafn und kló hrafni, Lex. Poët. (in all these references ‘tafn’ is used by the poets to rhyme to hr afn); val-tafn, id.; gefa ærit tafn hrafni ok vargi, Karl. 152: in old eccl. writers, sæfa töfn, Stj. 348; tafn Guðs, 310 (victima Domini, Vulgate); fórn ok töfn, 655 xxiii. 1; fórnir ok töfn, id.

assārĭus, a, um, adj. [asso], roasted:

daps pecuina,

Cato, R. R. 132, 2 Schneid.

assārĭus, ii, m., v. as init.

cŏm-ĕdo, ēdi, ēsum (comessum, Prol. ad Plaut. p 102 Ritschl), or estum, 3, v. a. (comesus, the more usual form, Cato, R. R. 58; Varr R. R. 1, 2, 11; Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 5, Juv 1, 34; Valgius ap. Diom. p. 382 P—Hence, comessurus, Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 25:

comestus,

Cato, R. R 50; Cic. Clu. 62, 173, acc. to Prisc. p. 893; and Val. Max. 9, 12, ext. 6, and Didius ap. Diom. l. l.—Contr forms:

comes,

Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 11:

comest,

id. ib. 3, 1, 26; id. Trin. 2, 1, 20, id. Truc. 2, 7, 36;

Lucil, Titin., Afran., Varr., Cic. Hortens. ap. Non p. 81, 9 sq., comestis,

Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 54:

comesse,

id. Cas. 4, 1, 21; id. Bacch. 4, 1, 8, id. Most. 1, 1, 13; id. Men. 4, 2, 64; Cic. Fl. 36, 91; Cat. 23, 4:

comesses,

Mart. 5, 39, 10:

comesset,

Cic. Sest. 51, 110, Cat. 29, 15:

comesto,

Cato, R. R. 156, 1.—Old forms:

comedim,

Plaut. Curc. 4, 4, 4; id. Bacch. 4, 4, 91; Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 83, 32 comedis, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 65:

comedint,

id. Truc. 2, 6, 53), to eat entirely up, to eat, consume (class.; esp. freq. in Plaut.).

Prop.:

ubi oleae comesae erunt,

Cato, R. R. 58:

ubi daps profanata comestaque erit,

id. ib. 50:

quod bibit, quod comest,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 20:

corbitam cibi Comesse possunt,

id. Cas. 4, 1, 21:

quid comedent?

Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 14:

celerius potuit (venenum) comestum quam epotum in venas permanare?

Cic. Clu. 62, 173:

ex se enim natos comesse fingitur solitus (Saturnus),

id. N. D. 2, 25, 64: quorum Dentes vel silicem comesse possunt. Cat. 23, 4:

haec porcis hodie comedenda relinques,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 19: te muscae comedissent, Sicinius ap. Cic. Brut. 60, 217; and ap. Quint. 11, 3, 129: panem, Afer ap. Quint. 6, 3, 93.—Facetiously: lacertum Largii, Crass. ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 59, 240.—

Prov.:

tam facile vinces quam pirum volpes comest,

Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 32; and: cenà comesā venire, i. e. to come too late; post festum, a day after the fair, Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 11.—

Trop.: comedere aliquem oculis, to devour with one ' s eyes, i. e. to long eagerly for, Mart. 9, 60, 3: se, to consume one ' s self ( by grief, sorrow, etc.), to waste or pine away, Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 36; so Cic. Hortens. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 81, 29. —

Meton., to waste, dissipate, spend, squander:

comedunt quod habent,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 6; cf.:

aurum in lustris,

id. Bacch. 4, 4, 91. meam dotem comest, Titin. ap. Non. p. 81, 16: paternam pecuniam, Novius ap. Non. p. 81, 25:

nummos,

Cic. Att. 6, 1, 25:

cura ut valeas, ne ego te jacente bona tua comedim,

id. ib. 9, 20, 3:

beneficia Caesaris,

id. Phil. 11, 14, 37:

patrimonium,

id. Sest. 52, 111; Quint. 6, 3, 74:

rem (sc. familiarem),

Cic. Fam. 11, 21, 2:

bona,

id. Sest. 51, 110; id. Fl. 36, 91; id. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 83, 32; Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 40:

cantherium,

i. e. its value in money, Cic. Fam. 9, 18, 4.— Hence,

Transf. in the lang. of comedy: comedere aliquem, to waste or consume the property of any person, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 65; id. Most. 1, 1, 11 sq.; id. Ps. 4, 7, 25; Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 57.

cŏmĕdo, ōnis ( cŏmĕdus, i, Paul. ex Fest. p. 58, 6 Müll.; cf. Lachm. ad Lucr. p. 139), m. [1. comedo], a glutton, gormandizer, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 11, 9; Varr. ib. p. 93, 21; cf. Paul. l. l.

cŏm-ĕdo, ēdi, ēsum (comessum, Prol. ad Plaut. p 102 Ritschl), or estum, 3, v. a. (comesus, the more usual form, Cato, R. R. 58; Varr R. R. 1, 2, 11; Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 5, Juv 1, 34; Valgius ap. Diom. p. 382 P—Hence, comessurus, Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 25:

comestus,

Cato, R. R 50; Cic. Clu. 62, 173, acc. to Prisc. p. 893; and Val. Max. 9, 12, ext. 6, and Didius ap. Diom. l. l.—Contr forms:

comes,

Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 11:

comest,

id. ib. 3, 1, 26; id. Trin. 2, 1, 20, id. Truc. 2, 7, 36;

Lucil, Titin., Afran., Varr., Cic. Hortens. ap. Non p. 81, 9 sq., comestis,

Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 54:

comesse,

id. Cas. 4, 1, 21; id. Bacch. 4, 1, 8, id. Most. 1, 1, 13; id. Men. 4, 2, 64; Cic. Fl. 36, 91; Cat. 23, 4:

comesses,

Mart. 5, 39, 10:

comesset,

Cic. Sest. 51, 110, Cat. 29, 15:

comesto,

Cato, R. R. 156, 1.—Old forms:

comedim,

Plaut. Curc. 4, 4, 4; id. Bacch. 4, 4, 91; Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 83, 32 comedis, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 65:

comedint,

id. Truc. 2, 6, 53), to eat entirely up, to eat, consume (class.; esp. freq. in Plaut.).

Prop.:

ubi oleae comesae erunt,

Cato, R. R. 58:

ubi daps profanata comestaque erit,

id. ib. 50:

quod bibit, quod comest,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 20:

corbitam cibi Comesse possunt,

id. Cas. 4, 1, 21:

quid comedent?

Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 14:

celerius potuit (venenum) comestum quam epotum in venas permanare?

Cic. Clu. 62, 173:

ex se enim natos comesse fingitur solitus (Saturnus),

id. N. D. 2, 25, 64: quorum Dentes vel silicem comesse possunt. Cat. 23, 4:

haec porcis hodie comedenda relinques,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 19: te muscae comedissent, Sicinius ap. Cic. Brut. 60, 217; and ap. Quint. 11, 3, 129: panem, Afer ap. Quint. 6, 3, 93.—Facetiously: lacertum Largii, Crass. ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 59, 240.—

Prov.:

tam facile vinces quam pirum volpes comest,

Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 32; and: cenà comesā venire, i. e. to come too late; post festum, a day after the fair, Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 11.—

Trop.: comedere aliquem oculis, to devour with one ' s eyes, i. e. to long eagerly for, Mart. 9, 60, 3: se, to consume one ' s self ( by grief, sorrow, etc.), to waste or pine away, Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 36; so Cic. Hortens. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 81, 29. —

Meton., to waste, dissipate, spend, squander:

comedunt quod habent,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 6; cf.:

aurum in lustris,

id. Bacch. 4, 4, 91. meam dotem comest, Titin. ap. Non. p. 81, 16: paternam pecuniam, Novius ap. Non. p. 81, 25:

nummos,

Cic. Att. 6, 1, 25:

cura ut valeas, ne ego te jacente bona tua comedim,

id. ib. 9, 20, 3:

beneficia Caesaris,

id. Phil. 11, 14, 37:

patrimonium,

id. Sest. 52, 111; Quint. 6, 3, 74:

rem (sc. familiarem),

Cic. Fam. 11, 21, 2:

bona,

id. Sest. 51, 110; id. Fl. 36, 91; id. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 83, 32; Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 40:

cantherium,

i. e. its value in money, Cic. Fam. 9, 18, 4.— Hence,

Transf. in the lang. of comedy: comedere aliquem, to waste or consume the property of any person, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 65; id. Most. 1, 1, 11 sq.; id. Ps. 4, 7, 25; Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 57.

cŏmĕdo, ōnis ( cŏmĕdus, i, Paul. ex Fest. p. 58, 6 Müll.; cf. Lachm. ad Lucr. p. 139), m. [1. comedo], a glutton, gormandizer, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 11, 9; Varr. ib. p. 93, 21; cf. Paul. l. l.