I.a foretaster, taster, cup-bearer.
I. Lit., Suet. Claud. 44: “DIVI AVGVSTI,” Inscr. Grut. 602, 4; so ib. 582.—With private persons, Inscr. Grut. 626, 2.—
II. Trop.: “praegustator libidinum tuarum,” Cic. Dom. 10, 25: “in omnibus nuptiis praegustator,” Lact. Mort. Pers. 38, 4.