obsōno or ops-, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., and obsōnor or ops-, ātus, 1, v. dep. [ὀψωνέω], to buy provisions, to cater, purvey (class.).
I Lit.: postquam opsonavit erus, Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 1; id. Men. 1, 3, 26: ibo atque opsonabo opsonium, id. Stich. 3, 1, 36: vix drachmis est opsonatus decem, Ter. And. 451.—Dep. form absol. , Plaut. Stich. 5, 3, 8: de suo obsonari filiai nuptiis; id. Aul. 2, 4, 16.—
B Transf., to feast, treat, to furnish an entertainment : opsonat, potat, olet unguenta; de meo, Ter. Ad. 117; 964.—*
II Trop.: obsonare ambulando famem, to cater or provide an appetite , Cic. Tusc. 5, 34, 97.