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cēno (caen- and coen- ), āvi (e. g. Lucil. ap. Cic. Fin. 2, 8, 24: Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 154; Cic. Fam. 1, 2, 3; Suet. Aug. 64; id. Calig. 24 al.; acc. to Varr. ap. Gell. 2, 25, 7, also cenatus sum, but of that only the
I.part. cenatus is in use; v. infra, and cf. poto and prandeo), ātum, 1, v. n. and a. [cena].
I. Neutr., to take a meal, to dine, eat (class., and very freq.): “libenter,Cato, R. R. 156, 1: “cenavi modo, Plant. Am. 1, 1, 154: lepide nitideque,id. Cas. 3, 6, 32: bene, Lucil l. l.; cf. belle, Mart. 11, 34, 4: “solus,id. 11, 35, 4 spes bene cenandi, Juv. 5, 166: “bene, libenter, recte, frugaliter, honeste... prave, nequiter, turpiter,Cic. Fin. 2, 8, 25: “melius,id. Tusc. 5, 34, 97: “foris,Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 17; Mart. 12, 19: “foras,Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 6, § 19: “lauto paratu,Juv. 14, 13 al.: “apud aliquem,Plaut. Stich. 4, 1, 7; Cic. Fam. 1, 2, 3; Appius ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 60, 246; Suet. Caes. 39 al.: “cum aliquo,Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 70; Suet. Calig. 24; Juv. 10, 235 al.: “unā,Hor. S. 2, 8, 18; Suet. Aug. 64; id. Vit. Ter. 2: “in litore,Quint. 7, 3, 31 et saep.—
(β). Pass. impers.: “cenaretur,Suet. Tib. 42: “apud eum cenatum est,Nep. Att. 14, 1; so Liv. 2, 4, 5.—
(γ). Part. perf.: cenatus, that has taken food, having dined (class.): cenatus ut pransus, ut potus, ut lotus, id est confectā coenā, Varr. ap. Non. p. 94, 14 sq.: “cenati atque appoti,Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 75: “quid causae excogitari potest, cur te lautum voluerit, cenatum noluerit occidere,Cic. Deiot. 7, 20; Plaut. Aul. 2, 7, 6; Cic. Div. 1, 27, 57; id. Att. 2. 16, 1; Sall. J. 106, 4; Hor. S. 1, 10, 61 (cf. Zumpt, Gram. § 633).—
II. Act.: aliquid, to make a meal of something, to eat, dine upon (so only poet. or in post-Aug. prose; “esp. freq. in Plaut. and Hor.): cenam,Plaut. Rud. 2, 6, 24: “coctum,id. Ps. 3, 2, 56: “alienum,id. Pers. 4, 3, 4: “aves,Hor. S. 2, 8, 27: “aprum,id. ib. 2, 3, 235: “olus,id. Ep. 1, 5, 2; 2, 2, 168: “pulmenta,id. ib. 1, 18, 48: “patinas omasi,id. ib. 1, 15, 34: “pisces,id. S. 2, 8, 27: “septem fercula,Juv. 1, 95: “ostrea,id. 8, 85; Mart. 12, 17, 4: “remedia,Plin. 24, 1, 1, § 4; 10, 51, 72, § 142: “olla cenanda Glyconi,Pers. 5, 9.—
B. Trop.: “magnum malum,Plaut. As. 5, 2, 86: divorum adulteria, i. e. represents at table, Poët. ap. Suet. Aug. 70 (v. the passage in connection).—*
C. Of time, to pass in feasting or banqueting: “cenatae noctes,Plaut. Truc. 2, 2, 25.
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