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propinatio

prŏpīnātĭo, ōnis, f. [propino].
  • A drinking to one's health, a pledging in something (post-Aug.): tralaticiā propinatione dignus, Petr. 113: propinationem ab aliquo accipere, Sen. Ben. 2, 21, 5.—In plur.: propinationibus crebris aliquem lacessere, Sen. Ira, 2, 33, 6: propinationes tuas recusant, decline your invitations to drink a health, id. Ep. 83, 22.—
  • II Transf., in gen., a funeral banquet, Inscr. Grut. 753, 4.

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