pasco

See also: Pasco

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpa.sko/
• Rhymes: -asko
• Hyphenation: pà‧sco

Etymology 1

Noun

pasco m (plural paschi) (Variant of: pascolo)

1. pasture

   Synonym: pascolo

2. feeding
3. food

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

pasco

1. first-person singular present indicative of pascere

Anagrams

• caspo, posca, scapo, scopa

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *pāskō, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (“to protect, shepherd”). Compare Ancient Greek ποιμαίνω (poimaínō, “to tend, feed, nourish”).

Cognates include Attic Greek ποιμήν (poimḗn, “shepherd”), Sanskrit पाति (pā́ti, “to protect”), Old English fōda and fēdan (English food and feed), Old Church Slavonic пасти (pasti, “to pasture”), Russian пища (pišča). Unrelated to Attic Greek βόσκω (bóskō, “to feed, to tend”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpaːs.koː/, [ˈpäːs̠koː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpas.ko/, [ˈpäsko]

Verb

pāscō (present infinitive pāscere, perfect active pāvī, supine pāstum); third conjugation

1. to feed, nourish, maintain, support

   Synonyms: nūtriō, sagīnō, pāscor, alō, sustentō, foveō

2. to pasture, drive to pasture, tend, attend
   • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 1.204:

     pāscēbatque suās ipse senātor ovēs

     and the senator himself was tending his own sheep

3. to feed, supply, cultivate, let grow
4. (of animals) to graze, browse
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.184–186:

     Nāvem in cōnspectū nūllam, trīs lītore cervōs
     prōspicit errantīs; hōs tōta armenta sequuntur
     ā tergō, et longum per vallīs pāscitur agmen.

     [There is] not a ship in sight, [but] he sees three stags wandering along the shore; their whole herds are following behind, the long band grazing through the valley.

5. (figuratively) to feast, delight, satisfy, feed, gratify
6. to consume, lay waste, ravage, desolate
7. (figurative, biblical, Ecclesiastical Latin) to tend to as a shepherd or pastor; cherish, nourish, care for, feed spiritually
   • Late 4th century, Jerome [et al.], transl., edited by Roger Gryson, Biblia Sacra: Iuxta Vulgatam Versionem (Vulgate), 5th edition, Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, published 2007, →ISBN, Psalmus (iuxta Hebraicum) 22:1–2, page 795, column 2:

     Dominus pascit me nihil mihi deerit / in pascuis herbarum adclinavit me super aquas refectionis enutrivit me

     The Lord tends me as a shepherd and nothing for me will be lacking / In pastures he causes me to lay down; on refreshing waters he nourishes me

Conjugation

Conjugation of pāscō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	pāscō	pāscis	pāscit	pāscimus	pāscitis	pāscunt
	imperfect	pāscēbam	pāscēbās	pāscēbat	pāscēbāmus	pāscēbātis	pāscēbant
	future	pāscam	pāscēs	pāscet	pāscēmus	pāscētis	pāscent
	perfect	pāvī	pāvistī, pāstī1	pāvit, pāt1	pāvimus, pāmus1	pāvistis, pāstis1	pāvērunt, pāvēre, pārunt1
	pluperfect	pāveram, pāram1	pāverās, pārās1	pāverat, pārat1	pāverāmus, pārāmus1	pāverātis, pārātis1	pāverant, pārant1
	future perfect	pāverō, pārō1	pāveris, pāris1	pāverit, pārit1	pāverimus, pārimus1	pāveritis, pāritis1	pāverint, pārint1
passive	present	pāscor	pāsceris, pāscere	pāscitur	pāscimur	pāsciminī	pāscuntur
	imperfect	pāscēbar	pāscēbāris, pāscēbāre	pāscēbātur	pāscēbāmur	pāscēbāminī	pāscēbantur
	future	pāscar	pāscēris, pāscēre	pāscētur	pāscēmur	pāscēminī	pāscentur
	perfect	pāstus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	pāstus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	pāstus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	pāscam	pāscās	pāscat	pāscāmus	pāscātis	pāscant
	imperfect	pāscerem	pāscerēs	pāsceret	pāscerēmus	pāscerētis	pāscerent
	perfect	pāverim, pārim1	pāverīs, pārīs1	pāverit, pārit1	pāverīmus, pārīmus1	pāverītis, pārītis1	pāverint, pārint1
	pluperfect	pāvissem, pāssem1	pāvissēs, pāssēs1	pāvisset, pāsset1	pāvissēmus, pāssēmus1	pāvissētis, pāssētis1	pāvissent, pāssent1
passive	present	pāscar	pāscāris, pāscāre	pāscātur	pāscāmur	pāscāminī	pāscantur
	imperfect	pāscerer	pāscerēris, pāscerēre	pāscerētur	pāscerēmur	pāscerēminī	pāscerentur
	perfect	pāstus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	pāstus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	pāsce	—	—	pāscite	—
	future	—	pāscitō	pāscitō	—	pāscitōte	pāscuntō
passive	present	—	pāscere	—	—	pāsciminī	—
	future	—	pāscitor	pāscitor	—	—	pāscuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		pāscere	pāvisse, pāsse1	pāstūrum esse	pāscī	pāstum esse	pāstum īrī
participles		pāscēns	—	pāstūrus	—	pāstus	pāscendus, pāscundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		pāscendī	pāscendō	pāscendum	pāscendō	pāstum	pāstū

¹At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

Derived terms

• compāscō
• dēpāscō
• pāscor
• pāstus

Related terms

• pāscitō
• pāscuus
• pāstor

Descendants

• Aromanian: pascu, pashtiri
• Asturian: pacer
• Catalan: péixer
• Corsican: pascia
• Dalmatian: puoscro
• English: pasture, repast
• Old French: paistre
  • French: paître, pasteur
• Friulian: passi, paši
• Galician: pacer
• Italian: pascere
• Ladino: pastár (“פאסטאר”)
• Occitan: pàisser, pàsquer
• Portuguese: pascer, pastar, pastorar, pastorear
• Romanian: paște, paștere
• Sicilian: pàsciri
• Sardinian: paschere, paschi, pasci, pasciri, passere
• Spanish: pacer
• Venetian: pàser, pàsar

References

• “pasco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “pasco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• pasco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to feast one's eyes with the sight of..: oculos pascere aliqua re (also simply pasci aliqua re)
    
  • (ambiguous) to feed a flock (of goats): pascere gregem
    
  • (ambiguous) the herds are grazing: greges pascuntur (Verg. G. 3. 162)