degusto
καλῶς γέ μου τὸν υἱὸν ὦ Στιλβωνίδη εὑρὼν ἀπιόντ' ἀπὸ γυμνασίου λελουμένον οὐκ ἔκυσας, οὐ προσεῖπας, οὐ προσηγάγου, οὐκ ὠρχιπέδισας, ὢν ἐμοὶ πατρικὸς φίλος → Ah! Is this well done, Stilbonides? You met my son coming from the bath after the gymnasium and you neither spoke to him, nor kissed him, nor took him with you, nor ever once felt his balls. Would anyone call you an old friend of mine?
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
dē-gusto: āvi, ātum, 1,
I v. a., to taste, and thus diminish a thing (cf. delibo and ἀπογεύομαι—rare but class., esp. in the trop. sense).
I Lit.: vinum, Cato R. R. 148: pabulum, Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 15: novas fruges aut vina, Plin. 18, 2, 2, § 8: vasa vel dolia, Dig. 18, 6, 1.—
B Poet. transf., of fire: ignes flammā degustant tigna trabesque, lick, Lucr. 2, 192. And of a weapon that slightly touches, grazes: (lancea) summum degustat volnere corpus, Verg. A. 12, 376; imitated by Sil. 5, 274.—
II Trop.
A To try, make trial of, make one's self acquainted with: eandem vitam, Cic. Tusc. 5, 21: literas primis labris, Quint. 12, 2, 4: aliquid speculae ex ejus sermone, Cic. Clu. 26, 72: aliquid de fabulis, Brut. in Cic. Att. 13, 40: genus hoc exercitationum, Cic. Par. prooem. fin.: summatim ingenia maximorum virorum, Sen. Ep. 33: imperium, Tac. A. 6, 20 fin.: istum convivam tuum, Cic. Att. 4, 8 fin.—
B (Acc. to no. I. B.) To touch slightly upon, to treat briefly of: plures materiae inchoatae et quasi degustatae, Quint. 10, 5, 23: haec prooemio (opp. consumere), id. 4, 1, 14: genera (opp. excutere bibliothecas), id. 10, 1, 104.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
dēgustō,¹² āvī, ātum, āre, goûter, tr.,
1 déguster : vinum Cato Agr. 148, déguster le vin, cf. Plin. 18, 8
2 atteindre légèrement, effleurer : ignes celeri flamma degustant tigna Lucr. 2, 192, le feu, d’une flamme rapide, lèche les poutres, cf. Virg. En. 12, 376
3 [fig.] goûter, essayer, effleurer : quamdam vitam Cic. Tusc. 5, 61, goûter à un genre de vie ; aliquem Cic. Att. 4, 8, 4, tâter qqn || degustanda hæc proœmio Quint. 4, 1, 14, il faut effleurer cela dans l’exorde, cf. 10, 5, 23.
