gustatio

gustātĭo, ōnis, f. [gusto; a first tasting of food; hence],

• 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.

gūstātio, ōnis, f. (gusto), I) das Kosten, Genießen, feniculi, Plin. Val. 4, 24: dulcedinis, Boëth. in Aristot. praedic. 2. p. 167. – übtr., mediocris gust. (litterarum), Cassiod. var. praef. § 15. p. 5, 11 Mommsen. – II) meton.: 1) der Geschmack als Sinn, der Geschmackssinn, Ps. Soran. qu. medic. 51. Interpr. Iren. 1, 18, 1. – 2) das erste Gericht, Vorgericht, Petron. 21, 6 u. 31, 8. Hist. Apoll. 14.

gustatio [CL, LL] , tasting. b (?) foretaste. c swallowing. pomum ‥ non est fructus in quantum exspectatur ut possidendum, sed in quantum exspectatur ad gustandum, et actu gustus attingendum, quam ~onem sequitur delectacio Duns Ord. II 56.  b o ~o graciosa, o visio preciosa! Spec. Incl. 3. 2.  c s1343 cum ‥ in turbulento centum pedum profunditatis fluctuarent brachiis ori appositis ne ~one aque perissent (Edm.) NLA II 669.

gustātĭō, (15) ōnis, f. (gusto), action de goûter : Plin. Val. 4, 24 || plats dʼentrée : Petr. 21, 6.

gustatio , onis. f.
初進之餚。

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GUSTATIO

GUSTA´TIO[CENAp. 396 b. ]

Gustatio

Any kind of delicacy taken as a relish or stimulant to the appetite before a meal (Petron.21, 31). See cena, p. 313.