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Latin
Etymology
From dē- + pāscō.
Pronunciation
Verb
dēpāscō (present infinitive dēpāscere, perfect active dēpāvī, supine dēpāstum); third conjugation
- to graze or pasture (livestock)
- to feed on, consume, devour, tear
29 BCE – 19 BCE,
Virgil,
Aeneid 2.213–215:
- “ et prīmum parva duōrum
corpora nātōrum serpēns amplexus uterque
implicat, et miserōs morsū dēpāscitur artūs.”- “First the serpents encircled the little bodies of two boys, squeezed both , and were devouring tormented limbs with bite.” – Aeneas
Conjugation
Descendants
References
- “depasco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “depasco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- depasco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.