ceno Latin · revision 30842

+ {{infobox|confidence=probable|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=itc-pro *kert(e)snā-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈkeː.noː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈt͡ʃɛː.no]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''cēnō''' (present infinitive cēnāre, perfect active cēnāvī, supine cēnātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+ It is also spelled ''caenō'' and ''coenō''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed [[af|la|cēna|-ō|t1=dinner]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL) De Vaan traces [[m|la|cēna]] (Old Latin ⟨cēsna⟩, reported by Festus) to [[itc-pro|*kert(e)snā-|t=meal]], cognate with [[osc|kersnu|t=meal]] and [[xum|śesna|t=meal]]; the Umbrian participle ⟨çersnatur⟩ “having dined” matches the Latin verb.^(de Vaan 2008)^(TLL) The traditional etymology is [[ine-pro|*kert-s-nh₂-|t=portion]], from the root “to cut”, a cut portion becoming a meal;^(de Vaan 2008) Schrijver instead proposed a link with [[m|la|Cerēs]], and de Vaan finds neither fully convincing.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Plautus, ''Curculio'': ''herī cēnāvistīne?'', “did you dine yesterday?”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is to have dinner, the main meal of the day, with the place or company named (Naevius: will you dine here or in the dining-room?).^(OLD 2012) Transitively it is to dine on something: in Plautus Jupiter dines on the smell of sacrifices daily.^(OLD 2012) A popular verse in Suetonius uses it of Augustus acting out new adulteries of the gods at dinner.^(OLD 2012) The perfect participle ''cēnātus'' has an active sense, “having dined”, which Varro also reports.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of dining and of dining on the smell of sacrifices.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 235–200 BC – Naevius of where to dine.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 75–c. 150 AD – Suetonius quotes a verse on Augustus' feast.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|dine]], have [[m|en|dinner]], [[m|en|sup]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(transitive)'' To dine on, eat at dinner.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(passive, of a dinner)'' To be served.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[cēnāculum]]

+ * [[cēnātiō]]

+ * [[cēnātor]]

+ * [[cēnāturiō]]

+ * [[cēnātus]]

+ * [[cēnitō]]

+ * [[incēnō]]

+ * [[percēnō]]

+ * [[succēnō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[cēna]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}