The corpus record — Latin

gustatio

gustatio · f

the first light dish of a Roman meal

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Where it lives

Satyricon 2 · 0.66/10k

What it meant

gustātĭo — Lewis & Short

gustātĭo, ōnis, f.id.; a first tasting of food; hence,

I the first light dish of a Roman meal, an antepast, whet: jussi discubuimus, et gustatione mirifica initiati vino etiam Falerno inundamur, Petr. 21, 6; 31, 8.

In the wild

gustatio Petronius, Satyricon 31
gustatione Petronius, Satyricon 21

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission.

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