pasco Latin · revision 4839

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=inherited|attested=Plautus|origins=ine-pro *peh₂-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈpaːs.koː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈpas.ko]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''pāscō''' (present infinitive pāscere, perfect active pāvī, supine pāstum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|itc-pro|*pāske/o-]], [[inh|ine-pro|*p(e)h₂-sk-e/o-]], an sk-present of [[ine-pro|*peh₂-|t=to protect, herd]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) Cognate with [[hit|paḫš-|t=to protect]], [[sa|पाति|tr=pā́ti|t=protects]] and [[cu|пасѫ|tr=pasǫ|t=I graze]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012) [[pābulum]] “fodder” and [[pāstor]] “shepherd” are from the same root.^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Plautus speaks of a shepherd who pastures another's sheep.^(OLD 2012)^(de Vaan 2008) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In Classical Latin it was to pasture or feed animals, to be food for someone, as Horace's olives that feed him, and to maintain or keep, as Plautus' “feed the parasites”.^(OLD 2012) It was to nurture fields and crops and to let them grow.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) In the passive or as a deponent ''pāscor'' it was to graze, and it also meant to consume or lay waste.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ In Christian Latin it was to feed the faithful as a pastor does.^(Wiktionary) It survives as [[it|pascere]], [[fr|paître]], [[es|pacer]] and [[ro|paște]].^(Wiktionary) English ''pastor'' and ''pasture'' come from its derivatives, while ''food'' is a Germanic cognate.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of a shepherd.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 65–8 BC – Horace says olives feed him.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 1300 – English ''pasture'' is recorded, from Late Latin ''pāstūra''.^(Etymonline)

+ * late 14th century – English ''pastor'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|pasture]], feed (animals).^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # To feed, nourish; to keep, maintain.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To nurture (crops), let grow.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''Pāscor'', of animals, to [[m|en|graze]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To consume, ravage.^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(Ecclesiastical Latin)'' To feed spiritually, as a shepherd.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[compāscō]]

+ * [[dēpāscō]]

+ * [[pābulum]]

+ * [[pāscitō]]

+ * [[pāscor]]

+ * [[pāscuus]]

+ * [[pastōrālis]]

+ * [[pastōrius]]

+ * [[pāstor]]

+ * [[pāstūra]]

+ * [[pāstus]]

+ * [[repāscō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[en|pastor]]

+ * [[en|pasture]]

+ * [[en|food]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}