dē-gustō āvī, ātus, āre, to taste: inde (sc. de sanguine), S.

—Poet.: (lancea) summum degustat volnere corpus, i. e. grazes, V.

— Fig., to get as a sample, taste, try, make trial of, test: genus hoc exercitationum: ex quā (oratione) pauca: aliquid ex eius sermone speculae, obtain a gleam of hope: istum convivam tuum.