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obsōno or ops- , āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., and obsōnor or ops- , ātus, 1, v. dep. ὀψωνέω,
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.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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    • Plautus, Stichus, 3.1
    • Plautus, Stichus, 5.3
    • Plautus, Aulularia, 2.4
    • Plautus, Menaechmi, 1.3
    • Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes, 5.34
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