gustus
Meaning
- masculinea tasting
Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms
Sapor · Gustus · Gustare · Libare
1. Sapor denotes objectively the flavor which a thing has, or gives out, in opp. to odor, etc.; gustus or gustatus (γεῦσαι) denotes, subjectively, the sensation occasioned by this flavor, or the sense of taste, in opp. to olfactus, etc. Sen. Ep. 109. Debet esse optatus ad hujus modi gustum, ut ille tali sapore capiatur. 2. The libans puts only a small portion of any thing to, or into, his mouth; whereas the gustans has the sense of the effect of what he tastes, and is conscious of its flavor. Ovid, Amor. i. 4, 34. Si tibi forte dabit, quæ prægustaverit ipse, rejice libatos illius ore dapes. (iii. 125.)
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | gustus | gustūs |
| genitive | gustūs | gustuum |
| dative | gustuī | gustibus |
| accusative | gustum | gustūs |
| ablative | gustū | gustibus |
| vocative | gustus | gustūs |
minister inferre epulas et explorare gustu solitus, Tac. A. 12, 66: explorare aliquid gustu, Col. 1, 8, 18; 2, 2, 20; cf. Plin. 31, 10, 46, § 114: gustu libata potio, Tac. A. 13, 16: cum ille ad primum gustum concidisset, Suet. Ner. 33: sine crebro salis gustu, Plin. 31, 6, 32, § 61.—gustus elementa per omnia quaerunt, Juv. 11, 14.—Also in a neutr. form: gustum versatile sic facies, Apic. 4, 5, § 181 sqq.—profer ex illa amphora gustum, Petr. 77 fin.—attrahatur spiritu is sucus, donec in ore gustus ejus sentiatur, Cels. 6, 8, 6; Col. 3, 2, 24; Plin. 14, 1, 3, § 12; 26, 8, 50, § 82; 27, 12, 96, § 121 sq.—ad hunc gustum totum librum repromitto, Plin. Ep. 4, 27, 5: expetens versificationis nostrae gustum, Col. 11, 1, 2: gustum tibi dare volui, Sen. Ep. 114, 18.—urbanitas significat sermonem praeferentem in verbis et sono et usu proprium quendam gustum urbis, Quint. 6, 3, 17.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
Origins
Inherited from Proto-Italic *gustus, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵéwstus (“taste”). Compare gustō and dēgūnō.
- Catalangust
- Occitangost
- Frenchgoûtfrom Old French goust
- Dutchgoestefrom Old French goust
- West Flemishgoestefrom Old French goust
- Normangoûtfrom Old French goust
- Walloongossefrom Old French goust
- Englishgustfrom Middle English gust
- Spanishgusto
- Hungariangusztus
- Scotsgustfrom Middle English gust
- Polishgust
- Sardiniangustu
- Romaniangust
- Aromaniangustu
- Aromanianyustu
- Italiangusto
- Siciliangustu
- Cimbriangüstenfrom Venetan gusto
- Portuguesegostofrom Old Galician-Portuguese gosto
- Galiciangustofrom Old Galician-Portuguese gosto
- Galiciangostofrom Old Galician-Portuguese gosto
- Old Spanishgosto
- Friuliangust
- Romanshgust
- Romanshgost
- Emiliangósst
- Piedmontesegust
In English words that came into English from gustus
- disgustgustus
- gustogustus
- gustgustus
- gustablegustus
- gustygustus
- ragùgustus
- gustofacialgustus
- gustlessgustus