pascor

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

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpaːs.kor/, [ˈpäːs̠kɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpas.kor/, [ˈpäskor]

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

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

Conjugation of pāscor (third conjugation, deponent)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	pāscor	pāsceris, pāscere	pāscitur	pāscimur	pāsciminī	pāscuntur
	imperfect	pāscēbar	pāscēbāris, pāscēbāre	pāscēbātur	pāscēbāmur	pāscēbāminī	pāscēbantur
	future	pāscar	pāscēris, pāscēre	pāscētur	pāscēmur	pāscēminī	pāscentur
	perfect	pāstus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	pāstus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	pāstus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	pāscar	pāscāris, pāscāre	pāscātur	pāscāmur	pāscāminī	pāscantur
	imperfect	pāscerer	pāscerēris, pāscerēre	pāscerētur	pāscerēmur	pāscerēminī	pāscerentur
	perfect	pāstus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	pāstus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	pāscere	—	—	pāsciminī	—
	future	—	pāscitor	pāscitor	—	—	pāscuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		pāscī	pāstum esse	pāstūrum esse	—	—	—
participles		pāscēns	pāstus	pāstūrus	—	—	pāscendus, pāscundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		pāscendī	pāscendō	pāscendum	pāscendō	pāstum	pāstū

Derived terms

• dēpāscor
• ēpāstus

Descendants

• Aromanian: pascu, pashtiri
• Asturian: pacer
• Catalan: péixer
• Corsican: pascia
• Dalmatian: puoscro
• English: pasture, repast
• Old French: paistre, pestre
  • French: paître
  • Norman: paître
• Friulian: passi, paši
• Galician: pacer
• Italian: pascere
• Ladino: pastár (“פאסטאר”)
• Occitan: pàisser, pàsquer
• Portuguese: pascer
• Romanian: paște, paștere
• Sicilian: pàsciri, pasculari, pasculu
• Sardinian: paschere, paschi, pasci, pasciri, passere
• Spanish: pacer
• Venetan: pàser, pàsar

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 2003 February, →ISBN

Old French

Proper noun

pascor m (nominative singular pascors)

1. Easter

Synonyms

• pasque

Old Occitan

Proper noun

pascor m (nominative singular pascors)

1. Easter