depasco

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From dē- +‎ pāscō.

Pronunciation

Verb

dēpāscō (present infinitive dēpāscere, perfect active dēpāvī, supine dēpāstum); third conjugation

  1. to graze or pasture (livestock)
  2. 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

  • Old French: depaistre

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.