obsono
Latin
Etymology 1
From Ancient Greek ὀψωνέω (opsōnéō, “buy fish or other dainties”).
Alternative forms
- obsōnor (deponent form)
- opsōnō
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɔpˈsoː.noː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [obˈsɔː.no]
Verb
obsōnō (present infinitive obsōnāre, perfect active obsōnāvī, supine obsōnātum); first conjugation
- to buy provisions, cater, purvey, provide, shop; purchase something as a provision
- (by extension) to feast, banquet, treat, furnish an entertainment
- (figuratively) to cater or provide an appetite
Conjugation
Conjugation of obsōnō (first conjugation)
Derived terms
Related terms
Etymology 2
From ob- + sonō (“sound, resound”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɔp.sɔ.noː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɔb.so.no]
Verb
obsonō (present infinitive obsonāre); first conjugation, no perfect or supine stems
Conjugation
Related terms
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.