foretaste
From LSJ
Ὦ τύμβος, ὦ νυμφεῖον, ὦ κατασκαφὴς οἴκησις αἰείφρουρος, οἷ πορεύομαι πρὸς τοὺς ἐμαυτῆς → Tomb, bridal chamber, eternal prison in the caverned rock, whither I go to find mine own.
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
Met., experience, proof: P. and V. πεῖρα, ἡ, P. πρόπειρα, ἡ.
give a foretaste of: P. and V. γεύειν (τινά τινος).
to have had a foretaste of: P. and V. γεγεῦσθαι (gen.) (perf. infin. pass. of γεύειν), πεπειρᾶσθαι (gen.) (perf. infin. pass. of πειρᾶν) (Euripides, Fragment), P. διαπεπειρᾶσθαι (gen.) (perf. infin. pass. of διαπειρᾶν).
