pastus Latin · revision 9569

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈpaːs.tʊs], [ˈpaːs.tuːs]^(Wiktionary)

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''pāstus''' ''m'' (genitive pāstūs); fourth declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[pāscō]] “to graze, feed” with the action-noun suffix [[-tus]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Gaffiot 2016) De Vaan traces ⟨pāscō⟩ to [[ine-pro|*peh₂-s-|t=to protect, herd]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Varro, of feeding animals.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Varro 116–27 BC and also lists Cicero.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It was the feeding or grazing of animals, as in Varro and Cicero's ''animālia ad pāstum accēdunt''; and pasture, fodder, food, as in Virgil and Cicero.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it was food, sustenance, pasture.^(Stelten 1995) In Medieval Latin it was the right of pasture, pannage, compulsory deliveries of fodder or food, a feast, a meal, and a measure of liquids.^(Niermeyer 1976) It survives in Italian, Spanish and Portuguese ''pasto''.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil uses it of pasture.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # Feeding, grazing.^(OLD 2012)

+ # [[m|en|pasture|alt=Pasture]], fodder, food.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' Right of pasture; a meal, feast.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[pasticus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[pāscō]]

+ * [[pāstor]]

+ * [[pābulum]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ Köbler also records a late ''pastus'' “bridal chamber”, a loan of [[grc|παστός|tr=pastós]], in the Itala.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}