edulis

ĕdūlis, e, adj. [1. edo], eatable (rare).

I.

Adj.:

capreae,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 43.—

II.

Subst., in the plur., edulia, ium, n., eatables, food (for syn. cf.: alimenta, cibus, cibaria, esca, penus, victus, opsonium, pulmentum, etc.), Afran. ap. Non. 28, 30; Varr. ap. Non. 108, 22; Suet. Calig. 40 Oud. N. cr.; Dig. 1, 16, 6 fin.; Gell. 7, 16, 4; 17, 11 fin.; cf. Varr. L. L. 6, § 84 Müll.—In the postclass. per., heterocl., gen. eduliorum, App. M. 5, p. 160; dat. eduliis, Gell. 19, 9, 3; nom. sing. edulium, Fulg. 565, 9; and perh. also Varr. L. L. 7, § 61 Müll. N. cr.; whence abl. edulio, Vulg. Gen. 25, 34; id. Lev. 7, 18.