pābŭlum — Lewis & Short
pābŭlum, i, n.from the root pa, whence also pa-sco,
I food, nourishment.
I Lit.
A Of men (only poet.):
dura mundi,Lucr. 5, 944:
dira (of the human food of Polyphemus),Val. Fl. 4, 105; Stat. Th. 12, 566.—
B Of animals, food, fodder (very freq. and class.):
bubus pabulum parare,Cato, R. R. 54, 1:
pabulo pecoris student (Numidae),Sall. J. 90, 1:
secare pabulum,Caes. B. G. 7, 14:
supportare,id. B. C. 3, 58:
consumere,id. B. G. 7, 18:
conquirere,Hirt. B. G. 8, 10:
comparare,Nep. Eum. 8:
hirundo Pabula parva legens,Verg. A. 12, 475:
pabula decerpere,Ov. M. 13, 943:
pabula carpsit ovis,id. F. 4, 750; id. P. 1, 2, 122:
praebere feris,Lucr. 4, 685; 5, 991:
pabula laeta,id. 2, 364; 875:
luna feras ducit ad pabula,Petr. 100:
viciam conserere in pabulum,Col. 11, 2, 71:
cervi noctu procedunt ad pabula,Plin. 8, 32, 50, § 117:
subus serpentes in pabulo sunt,id. 11, 53, 115, § 279:
ager frugum pabulique laetus,i. e. food for men and beasts, Sall. H. 2, 91 Dietsch; id. J. 90, 1.—
II Trop., food, nourishment, sustenance (class.): Acheruntis pabulum, food for Acheron (said of one who deserves to die), Plaut. Cas. 2, 1, 11:
piscibus in alto credo praehibent pabulum,id. Rud. 2, 6, 29:
amoris,Lucr. 4, 1063: est enim animorum ingeniorumque naturale quoddam quasi pabulum consideratio contemplatioque naturae, Cic. Ac. 2, 41, 127:
studii atque doctrinae,id. Sen. 14, 49:
dederatque gravi nova pabula morbo,Ov. M. 8, 876.—Of manure:
pabula fesso praebere novali,Col. 10, 84; 2, 5, 1.—Of nourishment for the mind:
quasi pabula quaedam animo ad sublimiora scandendi conquirens,Amm. 14, 5, 6.