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English
Etymology
Latin
Noun
gustatio
- (historical) The first course of a dinner in Ancient Rome, intended to stimulate the appetite.
Synonyms
Latin
Etymology
gustō + -tiō.
Pronunciation
Noun
gustātiō f (genitive gustātiōnis); third declension
- appetizer, entree, the first course of a meal
- hors d'oeuvre
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Descendants
(all borrowings)
References
- “gustatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- gustatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “gustatio”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “gustatio”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin