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.

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.

dapsĭlis, e ( abl. plur. dapsilis, Plaut. Ps. 1, 4, 3), adj. [dapsilês, daps], sumptuous, bountiful, richly provided with every thing, abundant (mostly ante- and post-class.;

in the class. period perhaps only in Colum. and Suet.): sumptus,

Plaut. Most. 4, 2, 66:

dotes,

id. Aul. 2, 1, 45:

corollae,

id. Ps. 5, 1, 21:

lectus,

id. Truc. 1, 1, 34;

lubentiae,

id. Ps. 1, 4, 3:

proventus (vitis),

Col. 4, 27, 6:

copia facundiae,

App. M. 11, p. 258, 12.—

With abl.:

spionia dapsilis musto,

Col. 3, 2, 27.— Advv., sumptuously, bountifully.

Form dapsĭlĭter: d. suos amicos alit, Naev. ap. Charis. p. 178 P. (v. 39 Ribbeck).—

Form dapsĭle: verrem sume dapsile ac dilucide, Pompon. ap. Non. 513, 27 (v. 161 Ribbeck): convivebatur, * Suet. Vesp. 19.—

Comp. invitavit se dapsilius, Lucil. ap. Non. 321, 29.

dapsĭlis, e ( abl. plur. dapsilis, Plaut. Ps. 1, 4, 3), adj. [dapsilês, daps], sumptuous, bountiful, richly provided with every thing, abundant (mostly ante- and post-class.;

in the class. period perhaps only in Colum. and Suet.): sumptus,

Plaut. Most. 4, 2, 66:

dotes,

id. Aul. 2, 1, 45:

corollae,

id. Ps. 5, 1, 21:

lectus,

id. Truc. 1, 1, 34;

lubentiae,

id. Ps. 1, 4, 3:

proventus (vitis),

Col. 4, 27, 6:

copia facundiae,

App. M. 11, p. 258, 12.—

With abl.:

spionia dapsilis musto,

Col. 3, 2, 27.— Advv., sumptuously, bountifully.

Form dapsĭlĭter: d. suos amicos alit, Naev. ap. Charis. p. 178 P. (v. 39 Ribbeck).—

Form dapsĭle: verrem sume dapsile ac dilucide, Pompon. ap. Non. 513, 27 (v. 161 Ribbeck): convivebatur, * Suet. Vesp. 19.—

Comp. invitavit se dapsilius, Lucil. ap. Non. 321, 29.

ĕpŭlum, i, n., and in the plur. heterocl. ĕpŭlae, ārum (EPULAM antiqui etiam singulariter posuere, Paul. ex Fest. p. 82, 14 Müll.), f. [etym. dub.; perh. contr. from edipulum, from edo], sumptuous food or dishes (cf.: daps, commissatio, convivium, cena, etc.).

Prop. (only in the plur.):

si illi congestae sint epulae,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 70:

mensae conquisitissimis epulis exstruebantur,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 21, 62:

vino et epulis onerati,

Sall. J. 76 fin.;

so opp. vinum,

Liv. 8, 16; 9, 18 Drak.; 23, 18; Nep. Dion. 4, 4 al.; cf.

opp. merum,

Ov. M. 8, 572;

opp. pocula,

Verg. G. 4, 378; id. A. 1, 723:

postquam exempta fames epulis,

id. ib. 1, 216; Ov. M. 8, 829; 15, 82; Plin. 33, 1, 6, § 27 al.— Poet.:

vestis, blattarum ac tinearum epulae,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 119; cf. Verg. A. 6, 599.—

Trop.:

oculis epulas dare,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 2:

pars animi saturata bonarum cogitationum epulis,

Cic. Div. 1, 29, 61; cf.

discendi,

id. Top. 4 fin. —

In gen., a sumptuous meal, a banquet, feast (in the sing. usually of banquets held on religious festivals or other public occasions, or which were given to a number of persons; cf. 1. epulo, II.).

Sing.:

Jovis epulum fuit ludorum causa,

Liv. 25, 2 fin.; cf. id. 27, 36; 31, 4 fin.; 33, 42 fin.; Val. Max. 2, 1, 2; Gell. 12, 8, 2:

funebre,

Cic. Vat. 12 sq.; cf. Liv. 39, 46:

epulum dare,

Cic. Mur. 36; Vell. 2, 56; Tac. H. 1, 76; Hor. S. 2, 3, 86 et saep.;

(with visceratio),

Suet. Caes. 38; cf. the foll. Of a feast in general, Suet. Aug. 98; Juv. 3, 229. —

In gen.:

quae (carmina) in epulis esse cantitata,

Cic. Brut. 19, 75; cf. id. Tusc. 1, 2, 3 sq.; Quint. 1, 10, 20:

in quibusdam neque pecuniae modus est neque honoris, nec epularum,

Cic. Fin. 1, 16, 51:

regis,

id. Rep. 2, 21; Hor. S. 2, 2, 45; cf.

B. G. 6, 28 fin.:

divum,

Verg. A. 1, 79:

prodigae,

Tac. H. 1, 62:

familiares,

Suet. Ner. 22 et saep.—

Esp., less freq. of banquets on religious or public festivals (cf. A.), Cic. Leg. 2, 25, 63; id. Fl. 38, 95; Hor. C. 3, 8, 6; cf.

(with viscerationes),

Cic. Off. 2, 16; Vulg. Esth. 8, 17 al.

esca, ae ( gen. sing. escas, Liv. Andron. [p. 660] ap. Prisc. p. 679 P.), f. [for edca, v. esco, and edo; cf. Varr. L. L. 6, § 84 Müll.], food, both of men and beasts (class.; cf.: victus, cibus, cibaria, alimenta, edulia, opsonium, pulmentum; epulae, daps, etc.).

In gen.

Lit.:

dii nec escis aut potionibus vescuntur,

Cic. N. D. 2, 28; id. Div. 1, 51; id. Fin. 2, 28; Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 12; id. Most. 3, 2, 2; id. Mil. 2, 6, 98; Verg. G. 4, 17; Hor. S. 2, 2, 72 et saep.—In plur., Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 56; id. Men. 3, 1, 10; id. Ps. 3, 2, 41; id. Truc. 2, 7, 48; Verg. A. 12, 475; Plin. 9, 47, 71, § 154.—

Trop.:

tun' vetule, auriculis alienis colligis escas?

Pers. 1, 22. —

In partic., bait for catching animals.

Lit., Plaut. As. 1, 3, 68; Mart. 4, 56; Petr. 3 fin. —

Trop.:

divine Plato escam malorum appellat voluptatem,

Cic. de Sen. 13, 44.

fercŭlum (or uncontr. fĕrĭcŭlum, Sen. Ep. 90, 15; 122, 3 al.), i, n. [fero], that on which any thing is carried or borne.

A frame, a barrow, litter, bier for carrying the spoils, the images of the gods, etc., in public processions:

spolia ducis hostium caesi suspensa fabricato ad id apte ferculo gerens in Capitolium ascendit,

Liv. 1, 10, 5; Suet. Caes. 37; id. Calig. 15:

(Caesar) tensam et ferculum Circensi pompa, etc. (recepit),

id. Caes. 76: ut pomparum ferculis similes esse videamur, * Cic. Off. 1, 36, 131.—

A dish on which food is served; and hence a dish or mess of food, a course (perh. not anteAug.; cf.: epulum, daps, commissatio;

merenda, prandium, etc.): ubi multa de magna superessent fercula cena,

Hor. S. 2, 6, 104:

cenae fercula nostrae Malim convivis quam placuisse cocis,

Mart. 9, 82; so Petr. 35; 36; Suet. Aug. 74; Plin. 33, 10, 47, § 136; Juv. 1, 94; 7, 184; 11, 64.

fercŭlum (or uncontr. fĕrĭcŭlum, Sen. Ep. 90, 15; 122, 3 al.), i, n. [fero], that on which any thing is carried or borne.

A frame, a barrow, litter, bier for carrying the spoils, the images of the gods, etc., in public processions:

spolia ducis hostium caesi suspensa fabricato ad id apte ferculo gerens in Capitolium ascendit,

Liv. 1, 10, 5; Suet. Caes. 37; id. Calig. 15:

(Caesar) tensam et ferculum Circensi pompa, etc. (recepit),

id. Caes. 76: ut pomparum ferculis similes esse videamur, * Cic. Off. 1, 36, 131.—

A dish on which food is served; and hence a dish or mess of food, a course (perh. not anteAug.; cf.: epulum, daps, commissatio;

merenda, prandium, etc.): ubi multa de magna superessent fercula cena,

Hor. S. 2, 6, 104:

cenae fercula nostrae Malim convivis quam placuisse cocis,

Mart. 9, 82; so Petr. 35; 36; Suet. Aug. 74; Plin. 33, 10, 47, § 136; Juv. 1, 94; 7, 184; 11, 64.

pĕcŭīnus, a, um, adj. [pecu].

Lit., of cattle (ante- and post-class.):

daps,

Cato, R. R. 132, 2:

ossa,

App. M. 8, p. 215, 49.— Absol.:

pecuina et ferina,

App. M. 11 init. —

Transf., beastly, brutal:

animus,

App. Mag. 281, 11.