purvey
purvey
v. trans.
See sell.
Provide: P. and V. πορίζειν ; see provide.
v. trans.
See sell.
Provide: P. and V. πορίζειν ; see provide.
PURVEY
obsonari. Vid: also PROVIDE.
obsonari. Vid: also PROVIDE.
purvey:
I. Prop., and in the best old writers, =PROVIDE (q. v.).
II. To provide food, cater:
1. obsōno, 1 (fr. ὀψωνεω, to buy meat): Pl. Aul. 2, 4, 1: with cognate acc., I'll go and p. for myself, egomet ibo atque obsonabo obsonium, id. Stich. 1, 3, 36. Also obsōnor, 1, dep., with abl. of the cost: cf. vix drachmis est obsonatus decem (spent 10 dr. in p.ing for himself), Ter. Andr. 2, 6, 20.
2. expr. by obsonium curare, Pl. Merc. 3, 3, 22; coemere obsonia: p.ing with borrowed money, omnia conductis coëmens obsonia nummis, Hor. S. 1, 2, 9.
3. annōnor, 1 (late and rare): Capit. Gord. 29. Also expr. by subs. annōna: a difficulty in ping (food), gravitas annonae, Tac. A. 6, 13: annonae difficultates, Suet. Aug. 41: v.TO MARKET , PROVIDE . Also expr. by special terms for each case: to p. corn, frumentor, 1: Tert. ad Nat. 2, 8: to p. wood, lignor, 1: etc.
I. Prop., and in the best old writers, =
II. To provide food, cater:
1. obsōno, 1 (fr. ὀψωνεω, to buy meat): Pl. Aul. 2, 4, 1: with cognate acc., I'll go and p. for myself, egomet ibo atque obsonabo obsonium, id. Stich. 1, 3, 36. Also obsōnor, 1, dep., with abl. of the cost: cf. vix drachmis est obsonatus decem (spent 10 dr. in p.ing for himself), Ter. Andr. 2, 6, 20.
2. expr. by obsonium curare, Pl. Merc. 3, 3, 22; coemere obsonia: p.ing with borrowed money, omnia conductis coëmens obsonia nummis, Hor. S. 1, 2, 9.
3. annōnor, 1 (late and rare): Capit. Gord. 29. Also expr. by subs. annōna: a difficulty in ping (food), gravitas annonae, Tac. A. 6, 13: annonae difficultates, Suet. Aug. 41: v.