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
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..."Liber XIII
Aulus Gellius
"...quaerunt, inveniunt, adferunt. VIII. Tum Aristoteles Rhodium petit, degustat: "firmum" inquit "hercle vinum et iucundum". Petit mox Lesbium..."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..."