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cēnĭto (caen- and coen- ), āre,
I.v. freq. [ceno], to dine often or much, to be accustomed to dine, to dine (rare but class.).
(α). 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.—
(β). To dine upon; with acc.: “epulas sacrificialis cum aliquo,” App. M. 9, 1, p. 217.
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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    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 7.16.2
    • Suetonius, Divus Augustus, 76
    • Suetonius, Nero, 27
    • Valerius Maximus, Facta et Dicta Memorabilia, 2.1.2
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