cēnĭto (caen- and coen-), āre, v. freq. [ceno],
I to dine often or much , to be accustomed to dine , to dine (rare but class.).
α Absol. : si foris cenitarem, Cic. Fam. 7, 16, 2: apud aliquem, id. ib. 7, 9, 7; 9, 16, 7; Plin. 33, 11, 50, § 143; Suet. Aug. 76: in superiore parte aedium, Varr. L. L. 5, § 162 Müll.: nonnunquam et in publico, Suet. Ner. 27: cum aliquo, Val. Max. 2, 1, 2 al.— Pass. impers. : cenitatur, one dines : patentibus januis, Macr. S. 2, 13, 1.—
β To dine upon; with acc.: epulas sacrificialis cum aliquo, Ap. Met. 9, 1, 9.