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Latin
Etymology
Perfect active participle of pāscor and perfect passive participle of pāscō.
Pronunciation
Participle
pāstus (feminine pāsta, neuter pāstum); first/second-declension participle
- fed, nourished; having eaten, consumed
- pastured, driven to pasture; having grazed, browsed, fed upon
- satiated, satisfied, gratified; having feasted on, delighted in; enjoyed oneself
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Noun
pāstus m (genitive pāstūs); fourth declension
- pasture, feeding ground, pastureland
Declension
Fourth-declension noun.
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References
- “pastus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “pastus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- pastus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- pastus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1123.
- pastus in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, column 1503
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) to drive to pasture: pastum agere
- (ambiguous) to go to pasture: pastum ire