Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word . In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word , but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word you have here. The definition of the word will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *pāskōr (I am fed, driven to pasture) from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (to protect, shepherd), equivalent to the passive of pāscō. Late Latin pāscārī from change in conjugation of pāscī. Compare passive voice Ancient Greek ποιμαίνεσθαι (poimaínesthai, to pasture, graze, feed).

Pronunciation

Verb

pāscor (present infinitive pāscī, perfect active pāstus sum); third conjugation, deponent

  1. to feed oneself; to eat
    Synonyms: adedō, edō, vorō, prandeō, vēscor, cēnō, cōnsūmō, epulor
  2. to graze, feed, nourish, pasture, browse; traverse, roam the pastures
    Synonyms: nūtriō, sagīnō, alō, pāscō, sustentō, foveō
  3. to eat up, consume, devour
  4. (figurative) to feast, nourish, satisfy, gratify, delight, enjoy oneself
    Synonyms: gaudeō, expleō

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

Verb

pāscor

  1. first-person singular present passive indicative of pāscō (to feed, nourish, supply, maintain, support; to shepherd, drive to pasture, tend to as a pastor; to care for, cultivate, cherish)

References

  • pascor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • pascor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • pascor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1122.
  • pascor in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, column 1499
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (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 drive to pasture: pastum agere
    • (ambiguous) to go to pasture: pastum ire
    • (ambiguous) to feed a flock (of goats): pascere gregem
    • (ambiguous) the herds are grazing: greges pascuntur (Verg. G. 3. 162)
  • Stelten, Leo F. (1995) Dictionary of Ecclesiastical Latin: with an appendix of Latin expressions defined and clarified, 2nd 2003 edition, Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, published February 2003, →ISBN

Old French

Proper noun

pascor m (nominative singular pascors)

  1. Easter

Synonyms

Old Occitan

Proper noun

pascor m (nominative singular pascors)

  1. Easter