Genetic Descent

[Rick Mc Callister]

	gustar can mean "to taste" but it's rarely used that way
	I've only come across that usage in literary Spanish
	Velázquez gives the primary meaning as "to taste", secondary "to
perceive by taste"

>_gustar_ comes from Latin _gusta:re_, which has many obvious cognates in
>other IE languages.  However, _gusta:re_ was construed as an active verb
>meaning 'take a taste of something':

>	Caesar vinum    gustavit.
>	NOM    wine-ACC tasted
>	'Caesar tasted the wine.'

>As far as I know, this usage has been lost in Spanish, with _gustar_
>adopting both the syntax and meaning of Lat. _place:re_.

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Rick Mc Callister
W-1634
Mississippi University for Women
Columbus MS 39701