gustatus
From LSJ
κοινὴ γὰρ ἡ τύχη καὶ τὸ μέλλον ἀόρατον → fortune is common to all, the future is unknown | fortune is common to all and the future unknown | fate is common to all and the future unknown
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
gustātus: ūs id.; a tasting of food; hence.
I The taste, as one of the five senses: gustatus, qui sentire eorum, quibus vescimur, genera debet, Cic. N. D. 2, 56, 141; id. de Or. 3, 25, 99: existimaverim omnibus (animalibus) sensum et gustatus esse, Plin. 10, 71, 91, § 196.—
II The taste, flavor of any thing.
A Lit.: varietas pomorum eorumque jucundus non gustatus solum, sed odoratus etiam et aspectus, Cic. N. D. 2, 63, 158: (uva) primo est peracerba gustatu, id. de Sen. 15, 53.—
B Trop.: libidinosi verae laudis gustatum non habent, Cic. Phil. 2, 45, 115.
