pasco — Lewis & Short
pasco, pāvi, pastum, 3, v. a. and n.root pa-; Sanscr. gō-pas, herdsman; Gr. pate/omai; 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.—
B 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.—
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, pwgwnotrofei=n, 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.—
(b) 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.
1 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.—
b 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.—
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.