luncheon

pransĭto, āvi, 1, v. freq. n. and a. [prandeo].

Neutr., to breakfast, to eat breakfast or luncheon (mostly ante- and postclass.):

ad rivum accumbentes viatores pransitare solent,

Vitr. 8, 3:

pransitans et cenitans,

Lampr. Elag. 27.—

Act., to breakfast upon, eat at breakfast or luncheon:

polentam,

Plaut. As. 1, 1, 20:

prolem,

Arn. 4, 143.— Impers. pass.:

ut pransitaretur et cenitaretur,

Macr. S. 2, 13.

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gusto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [gustus], to taste, to take a little of any thing (freq. and class.; cf.: libo, manduco, edo, etc.).

Lit.

In gen.:

cum biduum ita jejunus fuissem, ut ne aquam quidem gustarem,

Cic. Fam. 7, 26, 1:

leporem et gallinam et anserem gustare fas non putant,

Caes. B. G. 5, 11:

gustatus sanguis,

Plin. 8, 16, 19, § 52: celerius panis mandendus quam vinum [p. 832] gustandum, Cels. 4, 3:

gustare de potione,

Suet. Tit. 2:

herba subsalsa gustanti,

Plin. 21, 29, 103, § 175:

alypon acre gustatu ac lentum,

id. 27, 4, 7, § 22:

aliquid de sanguine,

Juv. 15, 92; 14, 85.—Prov.:

primis, ut dicitur, labris gustare physiologiam,

i. e. to have a superficial knowledge of, Cic. N. D. 1, 8, 20.—

In partic., to take a slight meal, to take a luncheon or whet; to eat a little:

Cretes, quorum nemo gustavit umquam cubans,

Cic. Mur. 35, 74:

post solem plerumque frigida lavabatur, deinde gustabat, dormiebatque minimum,

Plin. Ep. 3, 5, 11; Aug. ap. Suet. Aug. 76.—

Trop., to taste, partake of, enjoy:

gustaras civilem sanguinem vel potius exsorbueras,

Cic. Phil. 2, 29, 71:

gustare partem ullam liquidae voluptatis,

id. Fin. 1, 18, 58:

quod si ipsi haec neque attingere neque sensu nostro gustare possemus, tamen, etc.,

id. Arch. 8, 17:

praecepta,

id. de Or. 1, 32, 145:

summatim rerum causas et genera ipsa,

id. ib. 2, 36, 123:

Metrodorum illum,

i. e. heard, attended for a while, id. ib. 3, 20, 75:

partem aliquam rei publicae,

id. Fam. 12, 23, 3:

sermonem alicujus,

i. e. listen to, overhear, Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 15:

amorem vitae,

Lucr. 5, 179:

lucellum,

Hor. S. 2, 5, 82.

mĕrenda, ae, f. [mereo, q. v.], an afternoon luncheon, taken between four and five o'clock (ante- and post-class.): merendam antiqui dicebant pro prandio, quod scilicet medio die caperetur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 123 Müll.:

merenda dicitur cibus post meridiem qui datur,

Non. 28, 32; Plaut. Most. 4, 2, 49; Afran. ap. Non. 28, 33:

serae hora merendae,

Calp. Ecl. 5, 60; cf. Isid. Orig. 20, 2, 12.—Also of feed or medicine for a beast: Cyprio bovi merendam, Ennius cum dixit, significat id, quod solet fieri in insulā Cypro, in quā boves humano stercore pascuntur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 59 Müll. (sola, v. 2 Vahl. p. 164).

Merenda, ae, m., a Roman surname: T. Antonius Merenda, a consul, A. U. C. 304, Liv. 3, 35.

mĕrenda, ae, f. [mereo, q. v.], an afternoon luncheon, taken between four and five o'clock (ante- and post-class.): merendam antiqui dicebant pro prandio, quod scilicet medio die caperetur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 123 Müll.:

merenda dicitur cibus post meridiem qui datur,

Non. 28, 32; Plaut. Most. 4, 2, 49; Afran. ap. Non. 28, 33:

serae hora merendae,

Calp. Ecl. 5, 60; cf. Isid. Orig. 20, 2, 12.—Also of feed or medicine for a beast: Cyprio bovi merendam, Ennius cum dixit, significat id, quod solet fieri in insulā Cypro, in quā boves humano stercore pascuntur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 59 Müll. (sola, v. 2 Vahl. p. 164).

Merenda, ae, m., a Roman surname: T. Antonius Merenda, a consul, A. U. C. 304, Liv. 3, 35.

prandĕo, di (prandidi, Diom. p. 364), sum, 2, v. n. and a. [prandium].

Neutr., to take breakfast, to breakfast (v. prandium;

class.): hic rex cum aceto pransurus est et sale,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 2, 32:

prandi in navi,

id. Men. 2, 3, 50:

prandi perbene,

id. ib. 5, 9, 81:

Caninio consule scito neminem prandisse (because he was elected in the afternoon, and resigned his office on the following morning),

Cic. Fam. 7, 30, 1:

sic prandete, commilitones, tamquam apud inferos coenaturi,

Val. Max. 3, 2, 3:

ad satietatem,

Suet. Dom. 21; Plin. 28, 5, 14, § 56:

prandebat sibi quisque deus,

Juv. 13, 46.—

Act., to breakfast on any thing, to take as a breakfast or luncheon; or, in gen., to eat:

calidum prandisti prandium,

Plaut. Poen. 3, 5, 14:

luscinias prandere,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 245:

olus,

id. Ep. 1, 17, 13.—Hence, pransus, a, um, P. a., that has breakfasted (like potus, that has drunk):

pransus non avide,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 127; 1, 5, 25:

pransa Lamia,

id. A. P. 340. —Because soldiers were accustomed to eat before an engagement; hence, pransus paratus, or curatus et pransus, of soldiers, fed, i. e. ready, fit for fighting: exercitus pransus, paratus, Cato ap. Gell. 15, 13, 5; Varr. ap. Non. 459, 2:

ut viri equique curati et pransi essent,

Liv. 28, 14: pransus, potus, overfed, gluttonous:

adde inscitiam pransi, poti, oscitantis ducis,

Cic. Mil. 21, 56.

prandĭum, ii, n. [Sanscr. prep-, pra-, before; Gr. prôiên; Dor. pran, early; and Lat. dies; hence, early in the day, sc. that taken or eaten], a late breakfast, luncheon (cf.:

jentaculum, cena), usually taken at or soon after noon, composed of bread, fish, cold meats, etc. (it was thought gluttonous to have several dishes and wine at the prandium): ire ad prandium,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 1, 18; id. Stich. 4, 2, 45:

adducere aliquem ad se ad prandium,

id. Poen. 5, 5, 3:

coquere alicui prandium,

id. Men. 2, 3, 37:

funus prandio facere,

id. ib. 3, 2, 27:

apparare,

to get ready, prepare, id. ib. 1, 2, 61:

accurare,

id. ib. 3, 25:

ornare,

id. Rud. 1, 2, 53:

dare,

to give, id. Am. 2, 2, 33:

obsonare alicui,

id. Poen. 5, 5, 16:

anteponere,

to set before, serve up, id. Men. 2, 2, 2:

comedere,

id. ib. 3, 2, 55:

prandere,

id. Poen. 3, 5, 14:

in prandio aliquem accipere apud se,

id. Cist. 1, 1, 12:

invitare ad prandium,

Cic. Mur. 35, 73:

prandiorum apparatus,

id. Phil. 2, 39, 101; id. Verr. 2, 1, 19, § 49:

ad prandium surgere,

Suet. Calig. 58:

panis deinde siccus et sine mensā prandium: post quod non sunt lavendae manus,

Sen. Ep. 83, 6:

post prandium aut cenam bibere volgare est,

id. ib. 122, 6: de prandio nihil detrahi potuit;

paratum fuit non magis hora, nusquam sine caricis, nusquam sine pugillaribus: illae, si panem habeo, propulmentario sunt, si non habeo, pro pane,

id. ib. 87, 3:

prandia cenis usque in lucem ingesta,

id. Q. N. 4, 13, 6. The candidates gave such prandia to their tribules, Cic. Mur. 32, 67;

the emperor to the people,

Suet. Caes. 38; id. Tib. 20; cf. also Cic. Att. 5, 1, 3; Mart. 6, 64, 2; Suet. Vit. 13; id. Aug. 78; id. Claud. 34.—

Transf.

Poet., a meal, in gen.:

qui scribit prandia saevi Tereos,

Mart. 4, 49, 3.—

The feed or fodder of animals:

bubus glandem prandio depromere,

Plaut. Truc. 3, 1, 2:

prandio dato ipsis jumentisque eorum,

Val. Max. 3, 7, 1.