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gustātus

The taste

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What it meant

gustātus — Lewis & Short

gustātus, ūsid.; 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.

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