English → Latin
“banquet” in Latin
epulumfeast, banquet, festive entertainment; dishes, meats.; food.convīviumbanquet, party, feastdapsA sacrificial or solemn feast, religious banquet.; A meal, banquet, feast.; Fortune, wealth.cōmissātiōcarousing, merrymaking, feasting, revelryapparōto prepare or make ready for something, put in order, provide, furnish, equip, organize; to provide or equip in additioncomparōto prepare, get ready, provide, furnish; to compare, match, place together, couple, form into pairsōrnōto furnish, equip, outfit, prepare; to adorn, ornament, decorate; to honor, commend, praiseexōrnōto equip, furnish, supply, provide; to adorn, embellishcēnadinner, supper, principal meal (anciently taken at noon, afterwards later); gwestva (a duty levied by Welsh kings twice
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
banquet
epulae (general term for meal, whether frugal or sumptuous, whether en famille or with guests, at home or in public): convivium (a social, convivial meal): dapes (a religious meal; a feast on the offerings): epulum (a solemn meal, mostly political, in honor of something): comissatio (a gormandizing meal; a feast): to prepare a banquet, convivium instruere, apparare, comparare, ornare, exornare: to give a banquet, cenam or epulum alicui dare: to hold a banquet, convivium habere, agere: to go to a banquet, convivium inire; se convivio reddere: to invite to a banquet, aliquem ad cenam invitare or vocare: to be at a banquet, convivio interesse. INTR., convivari; epulari apud aliquem: convivium celebrare: sumptuously, saliarem in modum epulari.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for banquet?
- The usual Latin words for “banquet” are epulum, convīvium, daps; also cōmissātiō, apparō, comparō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.