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“sup” in Latin
cēnōto dine, eat dinner, sup; to be served; to pass the night in feastscēnadinner, supper, principal meal (anciently taken at noon, afterwards later); gwestva (a duty levied by Welsh kings twice nocturnusof or belonging to the night, nocturnalsūmōto take, take up, catch, assume, seize, claim, arrogate; to undertake, begin, enter upon; to exact satisfaction, inflict
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
sup
cenare: cenam (in the Roman sense, which was an evening meal, though answering rather to our dinner), or *cibum vespertinum, nocturnum, sumere.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for sup?
- The usual Latin words for “sup” are cēnō, cēna, nocturnus; also sūmō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.