gustatio

Latin

gustatio

1. (historical) The first course of a dinner in Ancient Rome, intended to stimulate the appetite.

• promulsis

gustō +‎ -tiō.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ɡusˈtaː.ti.oː/, [ɡʊs̠ˈt̪äːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ɡusˈtat.t͡si.o/, [ɡusˈt̪ät̪ː͡s̪io]

gustātiō f (genitive gustātiōnis); third declension

1. appetizer, entree, the first course of a meal
2. hors d'oeuvre

Third-declension noun.

(all borrowings)

• “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