gustus

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See also: ĝustus

Esperanto

Verb

gustus

  1. conditional of gusti

Ido

Verb

gustus

  1. conditional of gustar

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *gustus, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵéwstus. Cognate with gustō.

Pronunciation

Noun

gustus m (genitive gustūs); fourth declension

  1. taste

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative gustus gustūs
Genitive gustūs gustuum
Dative gustuī gustibus
Accusative gustum gustūs
Ablative gustū gustibus
Vocative gustus gustūs

Descendants

  • Eastern Romance
    • Aromanian: gustu, yustu
    • Romanian: gust
  • Piedmontese: gust
  • Italo-Dalmatian
    • Italian: gusto (possibly semi-learned) (see there for further descendants)
    • Sicilian: gustu
  • Old French: goust
  • Old Occitan:
    • Catalan: gust (possibly a learned borrowing)
    • Occitan: gost
  • Rhaeto-Romance
  • Sardinian: gustu
  • Venetian: gusto
  • Walloon: gosse
  • West Iberian
Borrowings

References

  • gustus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • gustus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • gustus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.