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obsono

obsono, to buy provisions, cater, purvey

obsono2, interrupt (with sound, speech)

obsōno or ops-, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., and obsōnor or ops-, ātus, 1, v. dep. [ὀψωνέω], to buy provisions, to cater, purvey (class.).
  • I Lit.: postquam opsonavit erus, Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 1 (280); id. Men. 1, 3, 26 (207): ibo atque opsonabo opsonium, id. Stich. 3, 1, 36 (437): vix drachmis est opsonatus decem, Ter. And. 451.—Dep. form absol., Plaut. Stich. 5, 3, 8 (680): de suo obsonari filiai nuptiis; id. Aul. 2, 4, 16 (295).—
    • B Transf., to feast, treat, to furnish an entertainment: opsonat, potat, olet unguenta; de meo, Ter. Ad. 117; 964.—*
  • II Trop.: obsonare ambulando famem, to cater or provide an appetite, Cic. Tusc. 5, 34, 97.
ob-sŏno, 1,
  • v. a., to interrupt by a sound; trop.: alicui sermone, i.e. to interrupt by speaking, Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 74 (205).

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