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pasco.

to feed, nourish, maintain, support

5 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

verb[ˈpaːs.koː]Classical-Latin[ˈpas.ko]
  1. to feed, nourish, maintain, support

    conjugation-3
  2. to pasture, drive to pasture, tend, attend

    conjugation-3
  3. to feed, supply, cultivate, let grow

    conjugation-3
  4. to graze, browse

    conjugation-3
  5. to feast, delight, satisfy, feed, gratify

    conjugation-3 · figuratively
  6. to consume, lay waste, ravage, desolate

    conjugation-3
  7. to tend to as a shepherd or pastor; cherish, nourish, care for, feed spiritually

    Ecclesiastical · Latin · conjugation-3 · figuratively
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Proto-Italic *pāskō, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (“to protect, shepherd”). Compare Ancient Greek ποιμαίνω (poimaínō, “to tend, feed, nourish”). Cognates include Attic Greek ποιμήν (poimḗn, “shepherd”), Sanskrit पाति (pā́ti, “to protect”), Old English fōda and fēdan (English food and feed), Old Church Slavonic пасти (pasti, “to pasture”). Unrelated to Attic Greek βόσκω (bóskō, “to feed, to tend”).

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