The corpus record — Latin

pastino

pastino · v. a

to dig and trench the ground

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Where it lives

Res Rustica, Books I-IX 18 · 2.29/10k
Naturalis Historia 7 · 0.18/10k

What it meant

pastĭno — Lewis & Short

pastĭno, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.pastinum,

I to dig and trench the ground, to prepare the ground, for the planting of vines: pastinandi agri rationem tradere, Col. 3, 13, 6; 11, 3, 9: solum, Plin. 17, 21, 35, § 159: vineas, id. 18, 26, 65, § 240: pastinatae vineae, id. 14, 1, 3, § 14; Vulg. Marc. 12, 1.—Hence, pastĭnātum, i, n. (sc. solum), ground dug and trenched; ground prepared for planting the vine, Col. 3, 13, 7: vineam in pastinato serere, Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 172; Col. 3, 3, 11: umidum pastinatum, id. 3, 16, 1.

In the wild

pastinato Columella, Res Rustica, Books I-IX 4.32.1
pastinatum Columella, Res Rustica, Books I-IX 4.4.2
pastinatum Columella, Res Rustica, Books I-IX 3.16.1
pastinato Columella, Res Rustica, Books I-IX 3.3.11
pastinato Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 17.22.p2
pastinatum Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 17.21.p4

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Where it came from

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