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|lshtext=<b>gustus</b>: ūs, m. [[kindred]] [[with]] Sanscr. ǵush, to be [[fond]] of; Gr. [[γεύω]], γεύομαι, [[γεῦσις]], [[taste]],<br /><b>I</b> a tasting of [[food]], a partaking [[slightly]] or [[eating]] a [[little]] of [[any]] [[thing]] ([[mostly]] [[post]]-Aug.; not in Cic.; cf.: [[gustatus]], [[sapor]]).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In gen.: [[minister]] inferre epulas et explorare gustu [[solitus]], Tac. A. 12, 66: explorare aliquid gustu, Col. 1, 8, 18; 2, 2, 20; cf. Plin. 31, 10, 46, § 114: gustu libata [[potio]], Tac. A. 13, 16: cum [[ille]] ad [[primum]] [[gustum]] concidisset, Suet. Ner. 33: [[sine]] [[crebro]] salis gustu, Plin. 31, 6, 32, § 61.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In partic.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> A [[light]] [[dish]] at the [[beginning]] of a Roman [[meal]], an antepast, [[whet]], [[relish]], = [[gustatio]], Mart. 11, 31, 4; 11, 52, 12: [[gustus]] elementa per omnia quaerunt, Juv. 11, 14.—Also in a neutr. form: [[gustum]] [[versatile]] sic [[facies]], Apic. 4, 5, § 181 sqq.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> A [[draught]] of [[water]]: profer ex [[illa]] [[amphora]] [[gustum]], Petr. 77 fin.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf., [[taste]], flavor, = [[sapor]] ([[post]]-Aug.): attrahatur spiritu is [[sucus]], [[donec]] in [[ore]] [[gustus]] ejus sentiatur, Cels. 6, 8, 6; Col. 3, 2, 24; Plin. 14, 1, 3, § 12; 26, 8, 50, § 82; 27, 12, 96, § 121 sq.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop. ([[post]]-Aug.).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> (Acc. to I. 2. a.) A [[foretaste]], [[specimen]]: ad hunc [[gustum]] totum librum [[repromitto]], Plin. Ep. 4, 27, 5: [[expetens]] versificationis nostrae [[gustum]], Col. 11, 1, 2: [[gustum]] [[tibi]] [[dare]] volui, Sen. Ep. 114, 18.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> (Acc. to I. B.) Taste: [[urbanitas]] significat sermonem praeferentem in verbis et [[sono]] et usu proprium quendam [[gustum]] urbis, Quint. 6, 3, 17.
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