obsono
Latin
Etymology 1
From Ancient GreekCategory:Latin terms derived from Ancient Greek#OBSONO ὀψωνέω (opsōnéō, “buy fish or other dainties”).
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obsōnō (present infinitive obsōnāre, perfect active obsōnāvī, supine obsōnātum)Category:Latin lemmas#OBSONOCategory:Latin verbs#OBSONOCategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#OBSONOCategory:Pages with entries#OBSONOCategory:Pages with 1 entry#OBSONO; first conjugation
- to buy provisions, cater, purvey, provide, shop; purchase something as a provision
- Synonym: annōnor
- (by extension) to feast, banquet, treat, furnish an entertainment
- (figuratively) to cater or provide an appetite
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Etymology 2
From ob- + sonōCategory:Latin terms prefixed with ob-#SONO (“sound, resound”).
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obsonō (present infinitive obsonāre)Category:Latin lemmas#OBSONOCategory:Latin verbs#OBSONOCategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#OBSONOCategory:Pages with entries#OBSONOCategory:Pages with 1 entry#OBSONO; first conjugation, no perfect or supine stems
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References
- “obsono”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “obsono”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “obsono”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.