The corpus record — Latin

obsonator

obsonator · m

a buyer of victuals; a caterer, purveyor

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Where it lives

De vita Hadriani 1 · 1.95/10k
Miles Gloriosus 1 · 0.79/10k
Satyricon 1 · 0.33/10k
Ad Lucilium Epistulae Morales 1 · 0.08/10k

What it meant

obsōnātor — Lewis & Short

obsōnātor (ops-), ōris, m.id..,

I a buyer of victuals; a caterer, purveyor: obsonator optimus, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 73; Mart. 14, 217 in lemm.; Sen. Ep. 47, 8.

In the wild

obsonatores Petronius, Satyricon 39
obsonatorum Historia Augusta, De vita Hadriani 17
obsonatorem Plautus, Miles Gloriosus 3.1
obsonatores Seneca, Ad Lucilium Epistulae Morales 5.47.8

Where it came from

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