obsoniumとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὀψώνιον (opsṓnion).

名詞

obsōnium n (genitive obsōniī または obsōnī); second declension

1. food, victuals, groceries
   • 121 CE, Suetonius, De vita Caesarum 4.37:

     Nepōtātus sūmptibus omnium prōdigōrum ingenia superāvit, commentus novum balneārum ūsum, portentōsissima genera cibōrum atque cēnārum, ut calidīs frīgidīsque unguentīs lavārētur, prētiōsissima margarīta acētō liquefacta sorbēret, convīvīs ex aurō pānēs et obsōnia appōneret, aut frūgī hominem esse oportere dictitāns aut Caesarem.

     • 1889 translation by Alexander Thomson

       In the devices of his profuse expenditure, he surpassed all the prodigals that ever lived; inventing a new kind of bath, with strange dishes and suppers, washing in precious unguents, both warm and cold, drinking pearls of immense value dissolved in vinegar, and serving up for his guests loaves and other victuals modelled in gold; often saying, " that a man ought either to be a good economist or an emperor."

2. provisions, shopping, groceries

語形変化

Second-declension noun (neuter).

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

参照

• obsonium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• obsonium in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• obsonium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• obsonium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• obsonium in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• obsonium in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin