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|Definition=<span class="bld">A</span> fut. γεύσω Anaxipp.1.27: aor. ἔγευσα [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]7.46, E.''Cyc.''149: —Med., fut. γεύσομαι Od.17.413, etc.: aor. ἐγευσάμην 20.181, etc.; <b class="b3">γεύσεται, γευσόμεθα</b>, Ep. for <b class="b3">-ηται, γευώμεθα</b>, Il.21.61, 20.258: 3pl. opt. γευσαίατο E.''IA''423: pf. γέγευμαι A. v. infr., etc. (γεύμεθα Theoc.14.51): plpf. ἐγέγευντο Th.2.70:—[[give a taste]] of, γλυκὺν γεύσας τὸν αἰῶνα [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]7.46; τινά τι E.''Cyc.''149, Theopomp.Com.65, Polyaen. 1.1.1; τινά τινος Anaxipp. [[l.c.]], Alex.179, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Leges|Lg.]]''634a: metaph., <b class="b3">τινὰ ἀγαθῶν λόγων</b> dub. in Men.''Georg.''45; σ' ἔγευσ' ἂν τῶν ἐμῶν χειρῶν Herod.6.11: but,<br><span class="bld">II</span> Med., [[γεύομαι]], with pf. and plpf. Pass., [[taste]], c. gen., προικὸς γεύσεσθαι Ἀχαιῶν Od.17.413; <b class="b3">ἀλλήλων ἐγέγευντο</b> [[they had tasted]], [[eaten of]]... Th.2.70; μέλιτος [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 559d, etc.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[take food]], Hp.''Epid.''3.1.β, ''Act.Ap.''10.10; [[dine]], [[PLond. ined]].2487 (iv A. D.).<br><span class="bld">3</span> metaph., [[taste]], [[make proof of]], [[feel]], δουρὸς ἀκωκῆς ἡμετέροιο γεύσεται Il.21.60; ὀϊστοῦ Od.21.98; χειρῶν 20. 181; <b class="b3">ἀλλ' ἄγε… γευσόμεθ' ἀλλήλων ἐγχείῃσιν</b> [[let us try]] one another with the spear, Il.20.258; [[taste the sweets of]], [[ἀρχῆς]], [[ἐλευθερίης]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]] 4.147, 6.5; ὕμνων Pi.''I.''5(4).20; [[ἀλκᾶς]], [[στεφάνων]], Id.''P.''9.35, ''I.''1.21; εἰ δὲ γεύεται ἀνδρὸς ἀνήρ τι Id.''N.''7.86; of a married woman, ἀνδρὸς γεγευμένη A.''Fr.''243; <b class="b3">γ. πόνων</b> to [[have experience of]] them, Pi. ''N.''6.24; μόχθων S.''Tr.''1101; πένθους [[Euripides|E.]]''[[Alcestis|Alc.]]''1069; νόμων [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Leges|Lg.]]''752c; ἀμφοτέρων Id.''R.''358e; <b class="b3">γ. ἐμπύρων</b> [[make trial of]] them, S.''Ant.''1005: rarely c. acc., ἔρσης ἰκμάδα γευόμενος ''AP''6.120 (Leon.); κάππαριν Plu.2.687d: abs., [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''844. (Cf. Skt. juṣáte 'enjoy', Lat. [[gusto]].)