The corpus record — Latin

obsono1

obsono1 · v. a

to buy provisions, to cater, purvey

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Where it lives

Casina 3 · 3.86/10k
Mercator 2 · 2.34/10k
Stichus 1 · 1.61/10k
Miles Gloriosus 2 · 1.58/10k
Truculentus 1 · 1.22/10k
Captivi 1 · 1.16/10k
Mostellaria 1 · 1.04/10k
Andria 1 · 1.02/10k
Adelphi 1 · 1.01/10k
Apologeticum 1 · 0.5/10k
Apologia 1 · 0.47/10k

What it meant

1. obsōno — Lewis & Short

obsōno or ops-, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., and obsōnor or ops-, ātus, 1, v. dep.o)ywne/w,

I to buy provisions, to cater, purvey (class.).

I Lit.: postquam opsonavit erus, Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 1; id. Men. 1, 3, 26: ibo atque opsonabo opsonium, id. Stich. 3, 1, 36: vix drachmis est opsonatus decem, Ter. And. 2, 6, 20.—Dep. form absol., Plaut. Stich. 5, 3, 8: de suo obsonari filiai nuptiis; id. Aul. 2, 4, 16.—

B Transf., to feast, treat, to furnish an entertainment: opsonat, potat, olet unguenta; de meo, Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 37; 5, 9, 7.—*

II Trop.: obsonare ambulando famem, to cater or provide an appetite, Cic. Tusc. 5, 34, 97.

2. ob-sŏno — Lewis & Short

ob-sŏno, 1,

I v. a., to interrupt by a sound; trop.: alicui sermone, i. e. to interrupt by speaking, Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 74.

In the wild

6 of 15 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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