praegustator
τί δὲ βλέπεις τὸ κάρφος τὸ ἐν τῷ ὀφθαλμῷ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ σου, τὴν δὲ ἐν τῷ σῷ ὀφθαλμῷ δοκὸν οὐ κατανοεῖς → why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye | and why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye | why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, but don't consider the beam that is in your own eye
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
praegustātor: ōris, m. praegusto, one who tastes the meats and drinks before they are served at the table of a prince,
I a foretaster, taster, cup-bearer.
I Lit., Suet. Claud. 44: DIVI AVGVSTI, Inscr. Grut. 602, 4; so ib. 582.—With private persons, Inscr. Grut. 626, 2.—
II Trop.: praegustator libidinum tuarum, Cic. Dom. 10, 25: in omnibus nuptiis praegustator, Lact. Mort. Pers. 38, 4.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
prægustātŏr,¹⁵ ōris, m., esclave chargé de goûter préalablement les mets [dégustateur] : Suet. Claud. 44 || [fig.] celui qui a les prémices de : Cic. Domo 25.
Latin > German (Georges)
praegūstātor, ōris, m. (praegusto), der Vorkoster, I) eig., der, der die Speisen u. Getränke vorher kostet, ehe sie auf die Tafel kommen, der Vorkoster, Mundschenk, am römischen Hofe so zahlreich, daß sie ein eigenes Kollegium bildeten u. unter einem eigenen Prokurator standen, Suet. Claud. 44, 2. Corp. inscr. Lat. 6, 9005 u. 11, 3612: collegium praegustatorum, Corp. inscr. Lat. 6, 9004: procurator praegustatorum, Corp. inscr. Lat. 6, 9003. – II) übtr.: libidinum tuarum, Cic. de domo 25: in omnibus nuptiis praeg. (sc. castitatis nuptarum), Lact. de mort. pers. 38, 4.
