obsono
Latin
Etymology 1
From Ancient Greek ὀψωνέω (opsōnéō, “buy fish or other dainties”).
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /obˈsoː.noː/, [ɔpˈs̠oːnoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /obˈso.no/, [obˈsɔːno]
Verb
obsōnō (present infinitive obsōnāre, perfect active obsōnāvī, supine obsōnātum); first conjugation
- I buy provisions, cater, purvey, provide, shop; purchase something as a provision.
- (by extension) I feast, banquet, treat, furnish an entertainment.
- (figuratively) I cater or provide an appetite.
Conjugation
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Etymology 2
From ob- + sonō (“sound, resound”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈob.so.noː/, [ˈɔps̠ɔnoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈob.so.no/, [ˈɔbsono]
Verb
obsonō (present infinitive obsonāre); first conjugation, no perfect or supine stem
Conjugation
Related terms
References
- “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.
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