entertain Copy link Outline I. To receive as host1. expr. by hospĭtium, with accipio, excĭpio, invīto, etc.2. of the above verbs, invīto, accĭpio, excĭpio, are also used absol.II. To amuseIII. To cherish in the mind • entertain: I. To receive as host: 1. expr. by hospĭtium, with accipio, excĭpio, invīto, etc.: I shall e. you with country hospitality, te agresti hospitio accipiemus, Cic. Att. 2, 16,. fin.: to e. magnificently, magnificentissimo h. accipere, Cic. (hospitio excipere, strictly of one who takes in a person needing hospitality, cf. Liv. 29, 11: qui vir optimus Romae esset, hospitio deam [peregrinam] exciperet: cf. Tac. Ger. 21): the whole household will come out to meet (me); will hospitably e. me, tota familia occurret; hospitio invitabit, Cic. Phil. 12, 9, fin.: to e. ambassadors publicly, legatos in publicum hospitium adducere, Liv. 5, 28, med. 2. of the above verbs, invīto, accĭpio, excĭpio, are also used absol.: they take their friends into the camp to e. them, suos in castra invitandi causa adducunt, Caes. B. G. 1, 74, med.: to e. a person magnificently, aliquem magnifice accipere, Pl: v. to invite, treat. II. To amuse: oblecto, dēlecto, 1: v. to amuse, divert. III. To cherish in the mind: hăbeo, 2: to e. a wish, opinion, voluntatem, opinionem habere, Cic. (v. to hold): sometimes with in animo: to have upon the lips and to e. in the mind (a sentiment), in ore atque in animo h., Cic. Fam. 5, 16, ad init. Phr.: to be led to e. a hope, in spem venire, adduci (v. hope): I strongly e. the hope, magna me spes tenet, Cic.; magnus mihi animus est, Tac.: v. to cherish (fin.).
ENTERTAIN Copy link • ENTERTAINAs a host, hospitio accipere, excipere, recipere (accusative and excipere, to entertain friends; recipere, to entertain those who need assistance): convivio excipere: hospitaliter invitare (to entertain at table): to entertain sumptuously, apparatis epulis accipere, excipere, invitare. To entertain (guests) with anything, pascere aliquem aliqua re (e.g., olusculis, Cic.); apponere alicui aliquid (serve it up to him). Amuse, oblectare: delectare [SYN. in AMUSE.] To be entertained, oblectari aliqua re; oblectari et duci aliqua re; delectatione alicujus rei duci; voluptatem ex aliqua re capere, percipere, habere. To entertain one’s self with anything, se oblectare aliqua re; se delectare aliqua re: delectari aliqua re. To amuse with conversation, loqui cum aliquo; confabulari or sermones familiares conferre cum aliquo; habere sermonem cum aliquo de aliqua re (to hold a discourse about anything with anybody): to entertain one’s self very agreeably with anybody, jucundissime loqui cum aliquo. To keep in one’s service, habere (to have): alere (to support, to feed): mercede conducere (to hire): pascere (to feed, especially slaves). To receive anything into the mind; to entertain hatred against anybody, odium habere or odio ferri in aliquem; an affection for anybody, amorem erga aliquem habere; in amore habere, or amore prosequi aliquem; hope, sperare, spem habere: I entertain hopes that, spes me tenet, etc.; a doubt, dubitare; a suspicion, suspicionem habere suspicari; a wish, optare; est in optatis or votis (both with infinitive); an opinion, Vid: OPINION.