Latin edit

Etymology edit

From pāsc(ō) (to feed, maintain, pasture, graze) +‎ -uus, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (to protect).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

pāscuus (feminine pāscua, neuter pāscuum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. Of or for pasture, grazing.

Declension edit

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative pāscuus pāscua pāscuum pāscuī pāscuae pāscua
Genitive pāscuī pāscuae pāscuī pāscuōrum pāscuārum pāscuōrum
Dative pāscuō pāscuō pāscuīs
Accusative pāscuum pāscuam pāscuum pāscuōs pāscuās pāscua
Ablative pāscuō pāscuā pāscuō pāscuīs
Vocative pāscue pāscua pāscuum pāscuī pāscuae pāscua

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References edit

  • pascuus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • pascuus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • pascuus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.