pasco

pasco, to cause to eat, feed, supply with food

viginti ventres pasco et canem
I feed twenty stomachs and a dog boves pascuntur frondibus
cows feed on foliage

pasco, pāvi, pastum, 3, v. a. and n. [root pa-; Sanscr. gō-pas, herdsman; Gr. πατέομαι; 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, πωγωνοτροφεῖν, 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 (879).—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.

pāsco, pāvī, pāstum, ere (Wurzel pā, pāt, essen, griech. πατέομαι. pānis, pābulum), I) fressen lassen, weiden lassen, weiden, füttern, A) eig.: 1) zunächst von Hirten usw., Vieh weiden, sues, Cic.: iumenta, Caes.: greges armentaque, Ov.: pecus, Hygin.: pecus pastum agere, Varro LL.: sues pastum exigere, Varro: pecora pastum propellere, Liv.: in eo saltu armentum pascere solitus, Liv. – absol. = Vieh weiden, pascendi locus, Varro: in privato (auf eigenem Grund u. Boden) pascere, Ov.: u. prägn. = Viehzucht treiben, Vieh auf die Weide gehen lassen, Cic. u. Colum.: bene od. male pascere, Cic. – 2) übh., füttern, nähren, ernähren, unterhalten, teils Tiere, canes hordeaceā farinā, Colum.: ubi bestiae pastae sunt, Cic.: leo cadaveribus pastus, Amm.: teils Menschen, nos olusculis soles pascere, abzufüttern, Cic. ep.: fundus pascit erum, Hor.: alqos rapinis et incendiis et omnibus exitiis publicis, den Unterhalt verschaffen, Cic.: quos paverat (gemästet = bereichert hatte) per aliquot annos publicus peculatus, Liv.: pasc. magnificentissime alqm convivio, bewirten, Eutr.: p. aniculam, Lampr.: p. se arte sutoris, Augustin. – bes. Sklaven, quot pascit servos? füttert = hält er? Iuven.: paucos ventres, Sen.: viginti ventres et canem, Petron. – intr. = speisen, Tafel halten, cum plurimis simmatibus (= sigmatibus) pasceret, Spart. Hadr. 17, 4. – B) übtr.: 1) füttern, nähren, wachsen lassen, erzeugen, polus dum sidera pascet (weil die Alten glaubten, daß die Gestirne sich von aufsteigenden Dünsten nährten), Verg.: barbam, Hor.: crinem, Verg.: crinem barbamque, Sidon.: caesariem, Sidon.: filicem, Hor.: pascitur ara deae, Ov.: flammas, Ov.: ignis pascitur per viscera, frißt weiter, Ov.: vitis brevitate crassitudinem pascens, Plin.: pascere iugera agri, bebauen, Mart.: nummos alienos, anderer (der Wucherer) Geldsäcke (durch hohe Zinsen od. Zins auf Zins) füttern = der Wucherer Habe mehren (Orelli u. Ritter) od. (durch hohe Zinsen) Schulden auf Schulden häufen (Obbarius u. Krüger nach Porphyr.), Hor. ep. 1, 18, 35. – spes inanes, nähren, Verg.: amorem, Ov.: ieiunia, stillen, Ov. – 2) weiden, ergötzen, oculos in alqa re, Cic.: oculos animumque alqā re, Cic. – II) = depascere, A) (durch das Vieh) abweiden (lassen), asperrima (collium), Verg.: vestros campos placide (in aller Ruhe), Vet. carm. bei Liv. – B) übtr., fressen, verzähren, lente revocatas ruminat herbas atque iterum pasto pascitur ante cibo, Ov. am. 3, 5, 17 sq. – Dav. Depon.

pāscō, (9) pāvī, pāstum, ĕre, tr., ¶ 1 faire paître, mener paître : Cic. Div. 1, 31 ; Virg. B. 1, 77 ; G. 4, 395 || [dʼoù] faire lʼélevage : bestias Cic. Off. 2, 14, faire lʼélevage des animaux ; [abs^t ] bene, male pascere Cic. Off. 2, 89, être bon, mauvais éleveur ¶ 2 [poét.] donner qqch. en pâture : collium asperrima pascunt Virg. En. 11, 319, ils mettent en pâturages (ils font paître sur) les parties les plus âpres des collines ¶ 3 nourrir, entretenir, alimenter : olusculis aliquem Cic. Att. 6, 1, 13, faire manger à qqn (repaître qqn) de simples légumes ; aliquem rapinis Cic. Mil. 3, nourrir qqn de rapines ¶ 4 [fig.] a) nourrir, développer, faire croître : barbam Hor. S. 2, 3, 35 ; crinem Virg. En. 7, 391, laisser croître sa barbe, ses cheveux ; polus dum sidera pascet Virg. En. 1, 608, tant que le ciel nourrira les astres, cf. Lucr. 1, 231 ; umbra pascens sata Plin. 17, 90, lʼombre qui fait pousser les semences ; brevitate crassitudinem pascens vitis Plin. 14, 13, vigne qui par sa taille courte développe sa grosseur ; nummos alienos Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 35, nourrir lʼargent dʼautrui, faire fructifier les capitaux dʼautrui par les intérêts quʼon paie ; spes inanes Virg. En. 10, 627, nourrir de vains espoirs ; qui vestros campos pascit Liv. 25, 12, 10, [le dieu] qui nourrit, qui protège vos champs ; b) repaître, réjouir : oculos aliqua re Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 65, repaître ses yeux de qqch. ou in aliqua re Cic. Phil. 11, 8 || [pass.] se repaître : scelere pascuntur Cic. Off. 2, 40, ils se repaissent de crimes, cf. Cic. Att. 4, 10, 1 ; Sest. 99 ; Pis. 45 ¶ 5 [poét.] paître, brouter : saltibus in vacuis pascunt Virg. G. 3, 143, [les femelles] paissent dans des bocages solitaires ; [avec acc.] Tib. 2, 5, 25 ; pasto cibo pasci Ov. Am. 3, 5, 17, manger la nourriture déjà mangée [ruminer].

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Lucretius, De Rerum Natura
…regit, in gremium qui saepe tuum se reiicit aeterno devictus vulnere amoris, atque ita suspiciens tereti cervice reposta pascit amore avidos inhians in te, dea, visus eque tuo pendet resupini spiritus ore. hunc tu, diva…

Lucretius, De Rerum Natura
…defice rebus, diva parens. Sic effatus vestigia pressit, observans quae signa ferant, quo tendere pergant. Pascentes illae tantum prodire volando, quantum acie possent oculi servare sequentum. Inde ubi venere ad fauces grave olentis Averni…

Vergil, Aeneid
…pasci ; cum sol tellure sub alta est, claudit et indigno circumdat vincula collo. frondibus arboreis et amara pascitur herba, proque toro terrae non semper gramen habenti incubat infelix limosaque flumina potat. Illa etiam supplex Argo cum…

Ovid, Metamorphoses
…manebant. Constiterat quocumque modo, spectabat ad Io ante oculos Io, quamvis aversus, habebat. Luce sinit pasci ; cum sol tellure sub alta est, claudit et indigno circumdat vincula collo. frondibus arboreis et amara pascitur…

Ovid, Metamorphoses
…si vitae modum actionemque quaerimus, alterius mens rationibus agitandis exquirendisque alebatur cum oblectatione sollertiae, qui est unus suavissimus pastus animorum, alterius in caede et iniuriis cum et diurno et nocturno metu. age confer Democritum Pythagoram, Anaxagoram…

M. Tullius Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes
…eum oratorem, itemque qui esset orator, iuris eundem esse consultum, praeclaras duas artis constitueres atque inter se paris et eiusdem socias dignitatis. Nunc vero iuris consultum sine hac eloquentia, de qua quaerimus, fateris esse posse…

Cicero, de Oratore
…iuris iurandi, sed laedendi verba meditatur ; vinci, refelli, coargui putat esse turpissimum ; ad id se parat, nihil curat aliud. itaque non optimus quisque nec gravissimus, sed impudentissimus loquacissimusque deligitur. vos autem in…

Cicero, pro Flacco
…cognoscere possent, crates proicere, fundis, sagittis, lapidibus nostros de vallo proturbare reliquaque quae ad oppugnationem pertinent parant administrare. Eodem tempore clamore exaudito dat tuba signum suis Vercingetorix atque ex oppido educit. Nostri, ut superioribus…

Julius Caesar, Gallic War
…producitur tamen res aciesque ad solis occasum continentur ; inde utrique in castra discedunt. postero die munitiones institutas Caesar parat perficere ; illi vadum fluminis Sicoris temptare, si transire possent. qua re animadversa Caesar Germanos levis armaturae equitumque…

Julius Caesar, Civil War

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