degustat
Dictionary entries
- Entry →degusto, degustare, degustavi, degustatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
taste; taste/try/eat/drink a little of; glance at; graze; sip; test; judge;
sg. pres. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
- M
Liber IX
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...nexibus alas sed sibi quaeque uolat nec iam degustat amarum desidiosa thymum, Phrygii sonus increpat aeris, attonitae posuere..." - A
Liber XIII
Aulus Gellius
"...quaerunt, inveniunt, adferunt. VIII. Tum Aristoteles Rhodium petit, degustat: "firmum" inquit "hercle vinum et iucundum". Petit mox Lesbium..." - P
Aeneid XII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...lancea consequitur rumpitque infixa bilicem loricam et summum degustat vulnere corpus. ille tamen clipeo obiecto conversus in hostem..."