_convivium instruere, apparare, ornare (magnifice, splendide)_—to
prepare, give a feast, dinner.
_mensas exquisitissimis epulis instruere_ (Tusc. 5. 21. 62)—to load
the tables with the most exquisite viands.
_mensae exstructae_—a table bountifully spread.
_caput cenae_ (Fin. 2. 8. 25)—the main dish.
_secunda mensa_ (Att. 14. 6. 2)—the dessert.
_ab ovo usque ad mala_ (proverb.)[1]—from beginning to end.
_aliquem vocare, invitare ad cenam_—to invite some one to dinner.
_promittere (ad cenam)_ (Off. 3. 14. 58)—to accept an invitiation to
dinner.
_inter cenam, inter epulas_—during dinner; at table.
_promittere ad aliquem_—to promise to dine with a person.
_condicere alicui (ad cenam)_—to invite oneself to some one's house
for dinner.
_adhibere aliquem cenae_ or _ad cenam, convivio_ or _in convivium_—to
welcome some one to one's table.
_cenam alicui apponere_—to set a repast before a person.
_convivia tempestiva_ (Arch. 6. 13)—a repast which begins in good time.
_accipere aliquem (bene, copiose, laute, eleganter, regio apparatu,
apparatis epulis)_—to entertain, regale a person.
_deverti ad aliquem (ad [in] villam)_—to go to a man's house as his
guest.
_deversari apud aliquem_ (Att. 6. 1. 25)—to stop with a person, be his
guest for a short time when travelling.
_mihi cum illo hospitium est, intercedit_—my relations with him are
most hospitable.
_hospitio alicuius uti_—to enjoy a person's hospitality.
_hospitium cum aliquo facere, (con-)iungere_—to become a friend and
guest of a person.
_hospitio aliquem accipere_ or _excipere (domum ad se)_—to welcome a
man as a guest in one's house.
_hospitium renuntiare_ (Liv. 25. 18)—to sever (previous) hospitable
relations.
_domus patet, aperta est mihi_—I am always welcome at his house.
_invitare aliquem tecto ac domo_ or _domum suam_ (Liv. 3. 14. 5)—to
invite some one to one's house.
[1] Lit. "from the egg to the apples," i.e. throughout the dinner; cf.
_integram famem ad ovum affero_ (Fam. 9. 20. 1).