04.12.25: Latin vocabulary: dining and cooking [1]; getting started (1)

 

[1]

ientāculum, -ī [2/n]: breakfast

prandium, -ī [2/n]: lunch; (Roman) late breakfast / lunch

cēna, -ae [1/f]: dinner

[2]

ēsuriō, -īre, -iī / -īvī [4]: be hungry

ēsuriēns, -ientis: hungry

sitiō, -īre, -iī / -īvī [4]: be thirsty

sitiēns,  -ientis: thirsty

obsōnō, -āre, -āvī, obsōnātum (supine) [1]: buy provisions; shop; obsōnātum eō / iī (īvī): I go / went shopping (for provisions)

[3]

(1) bibō, -ere, bibī, bibitus [3]; (2) pōtō, -āre, -āvī, pōtātus / pōtus [1]: drink

> (1) pōtus, -ūs [4/m]; (2) pōtiō, -ōnis [3/f]: drink (noun); Engl. deriv. potion; potable water

edō, -ere, ēdī, ēsus [3]: eat

(iē)ientō, -āre, -āvī [1] (rare): have breakfast

prandeō, -ēre, prandī, prānsus [2]: have breakfast / lunch; prandium can refer to a late breakfast or lunch

cēnō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus [1]: dine; have dinner

sūmō, -ere, sūmpsī, sūmptus [3]: take; eat (breakfast etc.)

mandūcō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus [1]: in CL the verb means ‘chew’ or ‘gnaw’ on something; in Later Latin it was used to refer simply to ‘eat’