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cēno (caen- and coen-), āvi (e. g. Lucil. ap. Cic. Fin. 2, 8, 24: Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 154; Cic. Fam. 1, 2, 3; Suet. Aug. 64; id. Calig. 24 al.; acc. to Varr. ap. Gell. 2, 25, 7, also cenatus sum, but of that only the part. cenatus is in use; v. infra, and cf. poto and prandeo), ātum, 1, v. n. and a. [cena].

  1. I. Neutr., to take a meal, to dine, eat (class., and very freq.): libenter, Cato, R. R. 156, 1: cenavi modo, Plant. Am. 1, 1, 154: lepide nitideque, id. Cas. 3, 6, 32: bene, Lucil l. l.; cf. belle, Mart. 11, 34, 4: solus, id. 11, 35, 4 spes bene cenandi, Juv. 5, 166: bene, libenter, recte, frugaliter, honeste … prave, nequiter, turpiter, Cic. Fin. 2, 8, 25: melius, id. Tusc. 5, 34, 97: foris, Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 17; Mart. 12, 19: foras, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 6, § 19: lauto paratu, Juv. 14, 13 al.: apud aliquem, Plaut. Stich. 4, 1, 7; Cic. Fam. 1, 2, 3; Appius ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 60, 246; Suet. Caes. 39 al.: cum aliquo, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 70; Suet. Calig. 24; Juv. 10, 235 al.: unā, Hor. S. 2, 8, 18; Suet. Aug. 64; id. Vit. Ter. 2: in litore, Quint. 7, 3, 31 et saep.
          1. (β) Pass. impers.: cenaretur, Suet. Tib. 42: apud eum cenatum est, Nep. Att. 14, 1; so Liv. 2, 4, 5.
          2. (γ) Part. perf.: cenatus, that has taken food, having dined (class.): cenatus ut pransus, ut potus, ut lotus, id est confectā coenā, Varr. ap. Non. p. 94, 14 sq.: cenati atque appoti, Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 75: quid causae excogitari potest, cur te lautum voluerit, cenatum noluerit occidere, Cic. Deiot. 7, 20; Plaut. Aul. 2, 7, 6; Cic. Div. 1, 27, 57; id. Att. 2. 16, 1; Sall. J. 106, 4; Hor. S. 1, 10, 61 (cf. Zumpt, Gram. § 633).
  2. II. Act.: aliquid, to make a meal of something, to eat, dine upon (so only poet. or in post-Aug. prose; esp. freq. in Plaut. and Hor.): cenam, Plaut. Rud. 2, 6, 24: coctum, id. Ps. 3, 2, 56: alienum, id. Pers. 4, 3, 4: aves, Hor. S. 2, 8, 27: aprum, id. ib. 2, 3, 235: olus, id. Ep. 1, 5, 2; 2, 2, 168: pulmenta, id. ib. 1, 18, 48: patinas omasi, id. ib. 1, 15, 34: pisces, id. S. 2, 8, 27: septem fercula, Juv. 1, 95: ostrea, id. 8, 85; Mart. 12, 17, 4: remedia, Plin. 24, 1, 1, § 4; 10, 51, 72, § 142: olla cenanda Glyconi, Pers. 5, 9.
    1. B. Trop.: magnum malum, Plaut. As. 5, 2, 86: divorum adulteria, i. e. represents at table, Poët. ap. Suet. Aug. 70 (v. the passage in connection).
    2. * C. Of time, to pass in feasting or banqueting: cenatae noctes, Plaut. Truc. 2, 2, 25.

coenĭto, coeno, v. cen-.