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obsono1 buy provisions

Pronunciation

  • IPA (Classical): [ɔpˈsoː.noː][1]
  • IPA (Ecclesiastical): [obˈsɔː.no][1]

Forms

obsōnō (present infinitive obsōnāre, perfect active obsōnāvī, supine obsōnātum); first conjugation[1] Also deponent obsōnor, and spelled ops-.[2][3]

Etymology

The verb “to buy provisions” is borrowed from Ancient Greek ὀψωνέω (opsōnéō, “to buy fish or other dainties”).[2][3][1]

Earliest recorded meaning

The OLD's earliest citations are from Plautus, of doing the shopping.[2] Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.[4]

Semantic evolution

It meant to buy provisions, do the shopping, cater, as in Plautus, and intransitively to indulge in feasting, banquet, as in Terence.[2][3]

Timeline

  • c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of shopping.[2][4]
  • 190–159 BC – Terence uses it of feasting.[2][4]

Meanings

Verb

  1. To buy provisions, do the shopping, cater.[2]
  2. (intransitive) To feast, banquet.[2]

Word family

  • obsōnātiō
  • obsōnātor
  • obsōnātus
  • obsōnitō

obsono2 interrupt

Pronunciation

  • IPA (Classical): [ɔpˈsoː.noː][1]
  • IPA (Ecclesiastical): [obˈsɔː.no][1]

Forms

obsōnō (present infinitive obsōnāre, perfect active obsōnāvī, supine obsōnātum); first conjugation[1]

Etymology

The verb “to interrupt” is from Latin ob- (“against”) + sonō (“to sound”).[2][3][1] De Vaan traces ⟨sonō⟩ to Proto-Italic *swena-, from Proto-Indo-European *swenH- (“to sound”).[5]

Earliest recorded meaning

It occurs in Plautus' Pseudolus, alicui sermōne obsonāre “to interrupt someone by speaking”.[3][6] Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.[4]

Semantic evolution

With a dative it meant to interrupt by a sound or by speaking.[2][3]

Timeline

  • c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it.[3][4]

Meanings

Verb

  1. (with dative) To interrupt by speaking.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press
  3. ^ a b c d e f g Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  4. ^ a b c d e Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de
  5. ^ de Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages, Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 7, Leiden; Boston: Brill
  6. ^ Gaffiot, Félix (2016), Dictionnaire latin-français, new ed. by Gérard Gréco et al. (Gaffiot 2016), online ed.