dē-pasco — Lewis & Short
dē-pasco, pāvi, pastum, 3, v. a., and dē-pascor, ci, 3,
I v. depon., to feed down, feed off.
I Lit.
A Of the shepherd:
si d. saepius voles, etc.,Col. 2, 10, 31:
glandem immisso pecore depasco,Dig. 10, 4, 9:
saltus,Ov. F. 5, 283:
luxuriem segetum,Verg. G. 1, 112.—
B Of the cattle, to feed upon, eat up, consume.
(a) Form depasco:
si haedi roscidas herbas depaverint,Col. 7, 5, 21; Verg. G. 4, 539.—In the part. perf.:
saepes Hyblaeis apibus florem depasta salicti,id. E. 1, 55;
segetes,Plin. 18, 17, 45, § 161: altaria, poet. for that which is upon it, Verg. A. 5, 93.—
(b) Form depascor:
papilio ceras depascitur,Plin. 11, 19, 21, § 65:
miseros morsu depascitur artus (serpens),Verg. A. 2, 215; Vulg. Exod. 22, 5.—In the part. perf., Claud. VI. Cons. Honor. 239; cf.: depastis juvencis, Auct. Laud. Herc. 77.—
II Trop.
A Depon.
1 To cull, select:
omnia nos itidem depascimur aurea dicta,Lucr. 3, 12.—
2 To prune away, remove:
in summa ubertate (orationis) inest luxuries quaedam, quae stilo depascenda est,Cic. de Or. 2, 23, 96.—
3 To destroy, waste:
veterem possessionem Academiae,id. Leg. 1, 21, 55;
so of disease: artus depascitur arida febris,Verg. G. 3, 458; imitated by Claud. in Rufin. 1, 302; id. Idyll. 3, 11.—
B Rarely in the act. form:
et potuit Latium longo depascere bello?Sil. 16, 681: in inferno positi sunt;
mors depascet eos,Vulg. Psa. 48, 14 (cf. carpo, no. II. B. 2: decerpo, no. II. B. 2 al.).—The part. perf. in a pass. signif.:
ipsaque diris Frons depasta modis,Sil. 6, 51:
depasti flammis scopuli,id. 12, 153.