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+ {{homograph|1|buy provisions}}
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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=Plautus|origins=grc ὀψωνέω}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [ɔpˈsoː.noː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [obˈsɔː.no]^(Wiktionary)
+
+ ==Forms==
+ '''obsōnō''' (present infinitive obsōnāre, perfect active obsōnāvī, supine obsōnātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)
+ Also deponent ''obsōnor'', and spelled ''ops-''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)
+
+ ==Etymology==
+ The verb “to buy provisions” is [[bor|grc|ὀψωνέω|tr=opsōnéō|t=to buy fish or other dainties]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)
+
+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's earliest citations are from Plautus, of doing the shopping.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
+
+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant to buy provisions, do the shopping, cater, as in Plautus, and intransitively to indulge in feasting, banquet, as in Terence.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)
+
+ ==Timeline==
+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of shopping.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 190–159 BC – Terence uses it of feasting.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+
+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Verb===
+ # To buy [[m|en|provisions]], do the shopping, [[m|en|cater]].^(OLD 2012)
+ # ''(intransitive)'' To [[m|en|feast]], banquet.^(OLD 2012)
+
+ ==Word family==
+ * [[obsōnātiō]]
+ * [[obsōnātor]]
+ * [[obsōnātus]]
+ * [[obsōnitō]]
+
+ {{homograph|2|interrupt}}
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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Plautus|origins=ine-pro *swenH-}}
+
+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [ɔpˈsoː.noː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [obˈsɔː.no]^(Wiktionary)
+
+ ==Forms==
+ '''obsōnō''' (present infinitive obsōnāre, perfect active obsōnāvī, supine obsōnātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)
+
+ ==Etymology==
+ The verb “to interrupt” is [[af|la|ob-|sonō|t1=against|t2=to sound]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces ⟨sonō⟩ to [[itc-pro|*swena-]], from [[ine-pro|*swenH-|t=to sound]].^(de Vaan 2008)
+
+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ It occurs in Plautus' ''Pseudolus'', ''alicui sermōne obsonāre'' “to interrupt someone by speaking”.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
+
+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ With a dative it meant to interrupt by a sound or by speaking.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)
+
+ ==Timeline==
+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)
+
+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Verb===
+ # ''(with dative)'' To [[m|en|interrupt]] by speaking.^(OLD 2012)
+
+ ==Related words==
+ * [[obsōnium]]
+ * [[sonō]]
+
+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}