The corpus record — Latin

repastino

to dig again

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Where it lives

De Paenitentia 1 · 2.45/10k
Res Rustica, Books I-IX 7 · 0.89/10k
Naturalis Historia 5 · 0.13/10k

What it meant

rĕ-pastĭno — Lewis & Short

rĕ-pastĭno, āvi, ātum (old

I inf. repastinassere, Afran. Com. 288), 1, v. a.

I Lit., agricult. t. t., to dig again, to dig or delve anew; to dig around, trench, grub, Varr. R. R. 1, 18, 8; 1, 37, 4; Col. 3, 18; 4, 32, 3; Plin. 13, 13, 27, § 84; 17, 10, 11, § 61 al.; cf. Fest. pp. 137 and 231.—

II Transf., to clean (post-class.). Lit.: ungues, Tert. Poen. 11.—

III Trop.: usum divitiarum, to check, = coercere, Tert. Cult. Fem. 9: vitam, i. e. to renew, id. Anim. 50 fin.: commissionem injuriae, i. e. to prevent, id. adv. Marc. 2, 18.

In the wild

repastinandis Tertullian, De Paenitentia 11
repastinatum Columella, Res Rustica, Books I-IX 3.15.1
repastinandum Columella, Res Rustica, Books I-IX 4.32.3
repastines Columella, Res Rustica, Books I-IX 2.14.8
repastinato Columella, Res Rustica, Books I-IX 4.33.1
repastinatum Columella, Res Rustica, Books I-IX 3.18.1

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