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cenito

cenito

to dine often

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What it meant

cēnĭto — Lewis & Short

cēnĭto (caen- and coen-), āre,

I v. freq. [ceno], to dine often or much, to be accustomed to dine, to dine (rare but class.).
(a) Absol.: si foris cenitarem, Cic. Fam. 7, 16, 2: apud aliquem, id. ib. 7, 9, 7; 9, 16, 7; Plin. 33, 11, 50, § 143; Suet. Aug. 76: in superiore parte aedium, Varr. L. L. 5, § 162 Müll.: nonnunquam et in publico, Suet. Ner. 27: cum aliquo, Val. Max. 2, 1, 2 al.Pass. impers.: cenitatur, one dines: patentibus januis, Macr. S. 2, 13, 1.—
(b) To dine upon; with acc.: epulas sacrificialis cum aliquo, App. M. 9, 1, p. 217.

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