gustatio

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin gustātiō. === Noun === gustatio (historical) The first course of a dinner in Ancient Rome, intended to stimulate the appetite. ==== Synonyms ==== promulsis == Latin == === Etymology === gustō +‎ -tiō. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɡʊsˈtaː.ti.oː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ɡusˈtat.t͡si.o] === 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