noun

praegustātor

gen. praegustātōris · gender masculine · decl. 3rd

praegusto, one who tastes the meats and drinks before they are served at the table of a prince

a foretaster; taster; cup-bearer

a foretaster, taster, cup-bearer.

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Lit., Suet. Claud. 44: DIVI AVGVSTI, Inscr. Grut. 602, 4; so ib. 582.—With private persons, Inscr. Grut. 626, 2.—

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Trop.: praegustator libidinum tuarum, Cic. Dom. 10, 25: in omnibus nuptiis praegustator, Lact. Mort. Pers. 38, 4.

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