Italian

Noun

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

1. pasture
2. feeding
3. food

Verb

pasco

1. first-person singular present indicative of pascere

Anagrams

• scapo, scopa

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *pāskō, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- ‎(“to protect”).

Cognates include Ancient 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”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpaːs.koː/

Verb

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

1. I feed, nourish, maintain, support.
2. I pasture, drive to pasture, attend.
3. I feed, supply, cultivate, let grow
4. (of animals) I graze, browse
5. (figuratively) I feast, delight, satisfy, feed, gratify
6. I consume, lay waste, ravage, desolate

Inflection

Derived terms

• pāstus

Related terms

• pascitō
• pascuus
• pāstor

Descendants

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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “pasco”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, 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)