obsono
Latin edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Ancient Greek ὀψωνέω (opsōnéō, “buy fish or other dainties”).
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Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /obˈsoː.noː/, [ɔpˈs̠oːnoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /obˈso.no/, [obˈsɔːno]
Verb edit
obsōnō (present infinitive obsōnāre, perfect active obsōnāvī, supine obsōnātum); first conjugation
- to buy provisions, cater, purvey, provide, shop; purchase something as a provision
- (by extension) to feast, banquet, treat, furnish an entertainment
- (figuratively) to cater or provide an appetite
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Etymology 2 edit
From ob- + sonō (“sound, resound”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈob.so.noː/, [ˈɔps̠ɔnoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈob.so.no/, [ˈɔbsono]
Verb edit
obsonō (present infinitive obsonāre); first conjugation, no perfect or supine stem
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References edit
- “obsono”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “obsono”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- obsono in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.