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pasco , pāvi, pastum, 3, v. a. and n. root pa-; Sanscr. gō-pas, herdsman; Gr. πατέομαι; cf. pabulum, pastor, Pales, panis; perh. also, Penates, penum,
I.to cause to eat, to feed, pasture.
I. Lit.
A. Of animals, to pasture, drive to pasture, to feed, attend to the feeding of, etc. (cf. pabulor): “cum sues puer pasceret,Cic. Div. 1, 17, 31: “greges armentaque pavit,Ov. M. 6, 395: “non, me pascente, capellae, cytisum carpetis,Verg. E. 1, 78: “turpes sub gurgite phocas,id. G. 4, 395: “ut pasceret porcos,Vulg. Luc. 15, 15. —
2. = depasco, of land, to pasture, give as a pasture: “et vomere duros Exercent collis atque horum asperrima pascunt,Verg. A. 11. 319.—
2. To feed, nourish, maintain, support (syn.: “alo, nutrio): olusculis nos soles pascere,used to feed us with vegetables, Cic. Att. 6, 1, 13: “quos, dives Anagnia, pascis, quos, Amasene pater,Verg. A. 7, 684: “servi, ad quos pascendos transmarinarum regionum est optanda fertilitas,Sen. Ep. 17, 3; so, “servos,Juv. 3, 141: “viginti ventres pasco et canem,Petr. 57: “nullā provinciarum pascente Italiam,Plin. 18, 3, 4, § 15: Juv. 7, 93.—Of one who gives frequent entertainments, to feast, entertain: “cum plurimos suis sumptibus pasceret,Spart. Hadr. 17; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 41: se sutoris arte pascere, earn a living, Aug. Civ. Dei, 22, 8.—Rarely of things: “et volsis pascunt radicibus herbae (sc. me),Verg. A. 3, 650.—
3. To cherish, cultivate, let grow, feed, etc.—Poet.: barbam, i.e. to cherish, to let grow, πωγωνοτροφεῖν, Hor. S. 2, 3, 35: “sacrum (Baccho) crinem,Verg. A. 7, 391: “genas Phoebo, crinem Iaccho,Stat. Th. 8, 493: “Danaas paverunt Pergama flammas,fed, Ov. M. 14, 467: “ubi Taurica dira Caede pharetratae pascitur ara deae,id. Tr. 4, 4, 63: “polus dum sidera pascet,Verg. A. 1, 608; Luc. 10, 258: “umbra pascens sata,Plin. 17, 12, 18, § 90: “brevitate crassitudinem pascens,Plin. 14, 1, 3, § 13: “agros,to till, cultivate, Mart. 10, 58, 9: “nummos alienos,to keep adding to, heap debt on debt, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 35.—
4. Of animals, to graze, browse (poet.): “pascentes capellae,Verg. E. 3, 96: “columbae,id. A. 6, 199: “saltibus in vacuis pascunt,id. G 3, 143: “sed tunc pascebant herbosa Palatia vaccae,Tib. 2, 5, 25: “ire vis, mula, pastum foras,Plaut. Most. 4, 1, 22.—Esp.
b. In pass. reflex., with dep. force: “cetera pascuntur viridis armenta per herbas,Verg. G. 3, 162: “pascitur in magnā Silā formosa juvenca,id. ib. 3, 219: “frondibus et victu pascuntur simplicis herbae,id. ib. 3, 528: “carice pastus acutā,id. ib. 3, 231; 341: “si pulli non pascentur,Liv. 6, 41, 8: “iterum pasto pascitur ante cibo,chews the cud, Ov. Am. 3, 5, 17 sq.
(β). Like depascere, with acc.: “silvas,Verg. G. 3, 314: “mala gramina,id. A. 2, 471: “apes arbuta,id. G. 4, 181: “beluae pastae radices fruticum,Plin. 9, 3, 2, § 7.—
II. Trop.
2. To lay waste, ravage, desolate: “vestros campos,Liv. 25, 12: “et pascent terram Assur in gladio,Vulg. Mic. 5, 6; cf.: “pasce populum tuum in virgā tuā,id. ib. 7, 14.
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