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γεύω

geuo

give a taste

Appears 35 times across Plato's dialogues.

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γεύω, fut. γεύσω Anaxipp. 1.27: aor. ἔγευσα Hdt. 7.46, E. Cyc. 149: —Med., fut. γεύσομαι Od. 17.413, etc.: aor. ἐγευσάμην 20.181, etc.; γεύσεται, -σόμεθα, Ep. for -ηται, -ώμεθα, Il. 21.61, 20.258: 3pl. opt. γευσαίατο E. IA 423: pf. γέγευμαι A. v. infr., etc. (γεύμεθα Theoc. 14.51): plpf. ἐγέγευντο Th. 2.70:—Α. give a taste of, γλυκὺν γεύσας τὸν αἰῶνα Hdt. 7.46; τινά τι E. Cyc. 149, Theopomp.Com. 65, Polyaen. 1.1.1; τινά τινος Anaxipp. l.c., Alex. 179, Pl. Lg. 634a: metaph., τινὰ ἀγαθῶν λόγων dub. in Men. Georg. 45; σʼ ἔγευσʼ ἂν τῶν ἐμῶν χειρῶν Herod. 6.11: but, II. Med., γεύομαι, with pf. and plpf. Pass., taste, c. gen., προικὸς γεύσεσθαι Ἀχαιῶν Od. 17.413; ἀλλήλων ἐγέγευντο they had tasted, eaten of . . , Th. 2.70; μέλιτος Pl. R. 559d, etc. 2. take food, Hp. Epid. 3.1.βʹ, Act.Ap. 10.10; dine, PLond. ined.2487 (iv A. D.). 3. metaph., taste, make proof of, feel, δουρὸς ἀκωκῆς ἡμετέροιο γεύσεται Il. 21.60; ὀϊστοῦ Od. 21.98; χειρῶν 20. 181; ἀλλʼ ἄγε . . γευσόμεθʼ ἀλλήλων ἐγχείῃσιν let us try one another with the spear, Il. 20.258; taste the sweets of, ἀρχῆς, ἐλευθερίης, Hdt. 4.147, 6.5; ὕμνων Pi. I. 5(4).20; ἀλκᾶς, στεφάνων, Id. P. 9.35, I. 1.21; εἰ δὲ γεύεται ἀνδρὸς ἀνήρ τι Id. N. 7.86; of a married woman, ἀνδρὸς γεγευμένη A. Fr. 243; γ. πόνων to have experience of them, Pi. N. 6.24; μόχθων S. Tr. 1101; πένθους E. Alc. 1069; νόμων Pl. Lg. 752c; ἀμφοτέρων Id. R. 358e; γ. ἐμπύρων make trial of them, S. Ant. 1005: rarely c. acc., ἔρσης ἰκμάδα γευόμενος AP 6.120 (Leon.); κάππαριν Plu. 2.687d: abs., S. Aj. 844. (Cf. Skt. juṣáte ‘enjoy’, Lat. gusto.)
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