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Name of God’s Son

GUSTANDUM, gustandum

Sounds Like: goos-TAN-doom

Translations: to be tasted, for tasting, that which must be tasted, for eating, to be eaten

From the root: GUSTO

Part of Speech: Gerundive, Verbal Adjective

Explanation: GUSTANDUM is the neuter singular form of the gerundive of the verb GUSTO, meaning 'to taste' or 'to eat'. The gerundive is a verbal adjective that expresses necessity or fitness. It indicates something that 'must be' or 'is to be' done. In this form, it often functions as a noun, meaning 'that which must be tasted' or 'for the purpose of tasting/eating'. It can be used with a form of 'esse' (to be) to form a passive periphrastic construction, indicating obligation.

Inflection: Singular, Neuter, Accusative or Nominative


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Josephus' Against Apion

From the same root

No other words from the same root, GUSTO, appear in our texts.

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