pransito

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

pransĭto, āvi, 1, v. freq. n. and a. [prandeo].

I Neutr. , to breakfast , to eat breakfast or luncheon (mostly ante- and postclass.): ad rivum accumbentes viatores pransitare solent, Vitr. 8, 3: pransitans et cenitans, Lampr. Elag. 27.—

II Act. , to breakfast upon , eat at breakfast or luncheon : polentam, Plaut. As. 1, 1, 20: prolem, Arn. 4, 143.— Impers. pass. : ut pransitaretur et cenitaretur, Macr. S. 2, 13.