pascuum Latin · revision 32375

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=81–43 BC, Cicero|origins=ine-pro *peh₂-}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''pāscuum''' ''n'' (genitive pāscuī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the neuter of [[m|la|pāscuus|t=used for pasture]], used as a noun.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913) De Vaan lists [[m|la|pāscuus]] (from Plautus) among the derivatives of [[m|la|pāscō|t=to feed, pasture]], which he traces to [[itc-pro|*pā̆ske/o-]] and [[ine-pro|*p(e)h₂-sk-e/o-]], from the root [[ine-pro|*peh₂-|t=to protect, herd]].^(de Vaan 2008) He compares [[grc|ποιμήν|tr=poimḗn|t=shepherd]] and [[lt|piemuõ|t=shepherd]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Gaffiot cites it from Cicero's speeches on the agrarian law, and Lewis & Short from Varro, of green pasture.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is a piece of grazing land, a pasture, and is usually plural, pāscua.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Conte 2010) Pliny the Elder uses it of lands yielding revenue to the Roman people, and the ''Digest'' speaks of a wood set aside for pasturing flocks.^(Gaffiot 2016) Virgil, Ovid and Livy use the plural.^(Conte 2010) In Tertullian, the Vulgate and Augustine a feminine pāscua, -ae, “pasture, fodder”, also occurs.^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of pasture land.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro of green pasture.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny the Elder of public lands yielding revenue.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 390–406 AD – the Vulgate has the feminine ''pāscua''.^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|pasture]], grazing land; usually plural.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Public land yielding revenue to the Roman people.^(Gaffiot 2016)

+ # Pasturage, fodder for animals.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[pascuosus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[pasco|alt=pāscō]]

+ * [[pabulum|alt=pābulum]]

+ * [[pastor|alt=pāstor]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}