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foretaste

From LSJ

Φιλοκαλοῦμέν τε γὰρ μετ' εὐτελείας καὶ φιλοσοφοῦμεν ἄνευ μαλακίας → Our love of what is beautiful does not lead to extravagance; our love of the things of the mind does not makes us soft.

Τhucydides, 2.40.1

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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).