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(verb) : pasco, pāvi, pastum, 3, and n. root pa-; Sanscr. gō-pas, herdsman; Gr. πατέομαι; cf. pabulum, pastor, Pales, panis; perh. also, Penates, penum
* To cause to eat, to feed, pasture.
* Lit.
* 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.
* Trop.
* In gen., to feed, supply with food: quot greges et quantos sit pasturus,Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 24: bestias pascere,Cic. Off. 2, 4, 14: a quo (Catone) cum quaereretur, quid maxime in re familiari expediret? respondit: Bene pascere. Quid secundum? Satis bene pascere. Quid tertium? Male pascere,id. ib. 2, 25, 89: quid refert, quantum pascat aut feneret?Sen. Ep. 2, 5: plures calones atque caballi Pascendi,Hor. S. 1, 6, 103.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* To feast, to gratify: quos P. Clodii furor rapinis et incendiis et omnibus exitiis pavit,Cic. Mil. 2, 3: alicujus cruciatu atque supplicio pascere oculos animumque exsaturare,to feast,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 26, § 65; cf.: in ejus corpore lacerando ... oculos paverit suos,id. Phil. 11, 3, 8; Sen. Ep. 6, 6, 25: animum picturā pascit inani,Verg. A. 1, 464: spes inanes,to cherish,id. ib. 10, 627.—Of style: omnia quasi eodem cibo pasta,Petr. S. 2.
* Pass. reflex.: his ego rebus pascor, his delector,feast myself,Cic. Pis. 20, 45: pasci discordiis civium et seditione,id. Sest. 46, 99: ego hic pascor bibliothecā Fausti,id. Att. 4, 10, 1: qui maleficio et scelere pascuntur,live by,id. Off. 2, 11, 40: otia corpus alunt: animus quoque pascitur illis,Ov. P. 1, 4, 21: pasci dolore alicujus,id. M. 6, 280.
* 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.
* To cause to eat, to feed, pasture.
* Lit.
* 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.
* Trop.
* In gen., to feed, supply with food: quot greges et quantos sit pasturus,Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 24: bestias pascere,Cic. Off. 2, 4, 14: a quo (Catone) cum quaereretur, quid maxime in re familiari expediret? respondit: Bene pascere. Quid secundum? Satis bene pascere. Quid tertium? Male pascere,id. ib. 2, 25, 89: quid refert, quantum pascat aut feneret?Sen. Ep. 2, 5: plures calones atque caballi Pascendi,Hor. S. 1, 6, 103.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* To feast, to gratify: quos P. Clodii furor rapinis et incendiis et omnibus exitiis pavit,Cic. Mil. 2, 3: alicujus cruciatu atque supplicio pascere oculos animumque exsaturare,to feast,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 26, § 65; cf.: in ejus corpore lacerando ... oculos paverit suos,id. Phil. 11, 3, 8; Sen. Ep. 6, 6, 25: animum picturā pascit inani,Verg. A. 1, 464: spes inanes,to cherish,id. ib. 10, 627.—Of style: omnia quasi eodem cibo pasta,Petr. S. 2.
* Pass. reflex.: his ego rebus pascor, his delector,feast myself,Cic. Pis. 20, 45: pasci discordiis civium et seditione,id. Sest. 46, 99: ego hic pascor bibliothecā Fausti,id. Att. 4, 10, 1: qui maleficio et scelere pascuntur,live by,id. Off. 2, 11, 40: otia corpus alunt: animus quoque pascitur illis,Ov. P. 1, 4, 21: pasci dolore alicujus,id. M. 6, 280.
* 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.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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