gusto Latin · revision 3898

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈɡʊs.toː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈɡus.to]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''gustō''' (present infinitive gustāre, perfect active gustāvī, supine gustātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is a verb in [[m|la|-tō]] from an old [[m|la|*geus-o]], from [[ine-pro|*ǵews-|t=to taste]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) Compare [[grc|γεύομαι|tr=geúomai|t=to taste]] and English [[m|en|choose]],^(OLD 2012) and [[goh|kostōn]].^(Georges 1913)^(TLL)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Plautus has “whenever someone has tasted a seasoned dish”.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to perceive by taste, to test the flavour of something, as Cato's wine to be tasted the next morning, and to take a bite or sip, as Cicero's “not even tasting water”.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) Figuratively it meant to have a taste of, to get some knowledge or experience, as Plautus' eavesdropper wanting to taste a man's talk, and Cicero's phrase about tasting citizens' blood.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ Romance kept it, as Spanish [[m|es|gustar]] and French [[m|fr|goûter]].^(Wiktionary) Etymonline says the Vulgar Latin source of English ''taste'', *''tastare'', was probably altered under the influence of ''gustare''.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of tasting food and of eavesdropping.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 234–149 BC – Cato uses it of tasting wine.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of not tasting even water.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To perceive by [[m|en|taste]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To taste, test the flavour of.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To take a little of, partake of.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(figurative)'' To get a taste of, experience.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[dēgustō]]

+ * [[gustābilis]]

+ * [[gustātīcium]]

+ * [[gustātiō]]

+ * [[gustator]]

+ * [[gustātōrium]]

+ * [[gustātus]]

+ * [[ingustātus]]

+ * [[ingusto]]

+ * [[praegustō]]

+ * [[regustō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[gustus]]

+ * [[en|taste]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ Döderlein distinguishes ''sapor'', the flavour a thing has, from ''gustus'' or ''gustatus'', the sensation or sense of taste.^(Döderlein 1874)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}