obsonium Latin · revision 32712

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=c. 235–200 BC, Naevius|origins=grc ὀψώνιον}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ɔpˈsoː.ni.ũː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [obˈsɔː.ni.um]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''obsōnium''' ''n'' (genitive obsōniī or obsōnī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

+ It is also spelled ''opsōnium''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|grc|ὀψώνιον|tr=opsṓnion]],^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) which Wiktionary relates to [[m|grc|ὀψωνέω|tr=opsōnéō|t=to buy provisions]], from [[m|grc|ὄψον|tr=ópson|t=cooked food, relish]] and [[m|grc|ὠνέομαι|tr=ōnéomai|t=to buy]].^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Its first quotation is in Naevius, in whom someone coming from the shopping was pricked in the hand with a stylus.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is the buying of food, catering, and the provisions for a meal: Plautus has wine, finery and sumptuous provisions, and a rich meal bought in.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Lewis & Short define it as what is eaten with bread, especially fish.^(Lewis & Short 1879) In the plural it is a maintenance allowance: Pliny the Younger writes of athletes asking for allowances for a contest.^(OLD 2012) Church Latin glosses it relish, sweetmeats.^(Stelten 1995) Niermeyer notes that in medieval Latin its sense was altered by a supposed link with ⟨sunnis⟩, and gives the senses banquet, hospitality and board.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 235–200 BC – Naevius of shopping for food.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of sumptuous provisions.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca of cutting up food.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The buying of food, catering.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Provisions for a meal, food eaten with bread, especially fish; [[m|en|victuals]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(plural)'' A maintenance allowance, [[m|en|pension]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Ecclesiastical Latin)'' [[m|en|relish|alt=Relish]], sweetmeats.^(Stelten 1995)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A [[m|en|banquet]]; hospitality, board.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}