pasco

pasco, pāvi, pastum, 3, v. a. and n. [root pa-; Sanscr. gō-pas, herdsman; Gr. pateomai; cf. pabulum, pastor, Pales, panis; perh. also, Penates, penum], 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, pôgônotrophein, 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. —

(β).

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, id. 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.