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obsonare

1 obsōnare, ~ari [CL < ὀψωνεῖν] , to dine. ~or est verbum, i. prandeo GlP 443n; quo sc. die Angli festive ~iari [v.~l. ~ari] solebant W. Malm. GR II 144; indecens ‥ testabatur esse, si clam ~etur Id. Wulfst. III 2; ~o, -as, neutrum, i. cenare Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 396.
2 obsōnare [CL] , to interrupt (by making a sound), to dispute, quarrel; b (w. acc.) to dispute about, quarrel with. obsŏnor [gl.: litigare] iratus: obsōnor prandia sumens H. Avr. CG 8. 24..  b scio ‥ Fortune filios presens opus clam detractionis spiculo obsunaturos J. Cornw. Merl. pref..

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