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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.
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  1. A. Trans.:
    1. I. To supply food to:
      1. 1. pasco, pāvi, pastum, 3 (usu. with ref. to inferior creatures): to f. swine, herds, etc., sues, greges, etc. p., Cic.: Col.: to f. (i. e. keep, possess) slaves, servos p., Juv. 3, 141: of human beings: you usually f. us on vegetables, olusculis nos p. soles, Cic. Att. 1, 6, 10. Fig.: Troy fed the Grecian fires, Danaas paverunt Pergama flammas, Ov. Met. 14, 467: to f. unsubstantial hopes, spes p. inanes, Virg. Aen. 10, 627.
      2. 2. ălo, ui, ĭtum, 3: v. to nourish. Fig.: to f. the flames, a. incendium, Just. 4, 1, 11.
      3. 3. cĭbo, 1 of animals only: a late word): good for f.ing young peacocks, cibandis pullis pavoninis utilis, Col. 8, 11, ad fin.: to f. a serpent by hand, draconem manu c., Suet. Tib. 72.
      4. 4. expr. by cĭbus, pābŭlum (the latter only of animals), and a verb: to f. animals by hand, (animalibus) cibos de manu praebere (Georg.); (cf. de manu dare, Col. 7, 9). to feed infants, [cibos] infantibus pueris in os inserere, Cic. de Or. 2, 39, 162: birds f. their tender young with their beaks, aves teneris foetibus cibos ore suo collatos partiuntur, Quint. 2, 6, 7: to f. oxen, bubus pabulum dare, Cato R. R. 54.
      5. 5. pābŭlor, 1 (usu. intrans.): Col.
    2. II. Fig.: of streams, etc.: to convey water to a reservoir: servio, 4 (with dat.): a lake f.ing a canal, serviens (= aquas suppeditans) lacus (Euripo), Plin. Ep. 1, 3, 1.
  2. B. Intrans.: to partake of food:
      1. 1. vescor, 3 (with abl.: of rational beings only): v. to eat, live on.
      2. 2. pascor, pastus, 3 (in lit. sense of animals only): if the chickens will not f., si pulli non pascentur, Liv.: a heifer is f.inq in a wood, p. in silva juvenca, Virg. (in this sense the act. voice sometimes occurs: armenta saltibus in vacuis pascant, Virg. G. 3, 143). Sometimes with acc. of what is fed on (poet.): a serpent fed on poisonous herbs, coluber mala gramina pastus, Virg. Aen. 2, 471.
      3. 3. pābŭlor, 1 (of cattle): to f. quietly, placide p., Col. 7, 6, fin.
      4. 4. dēpascor, pastus, 3; also in act. (strictly to f. down: cf. Virg. G. 1, 112: luxuriem segetum depascit, i. e. he feeds it down by turning in cattle: to consume by feeding): to f. upon dewy grass, roscidas herbas depascero, Col. 7., 5, fin.: he (the serpent) f.s upon their miserable limbs, miseros depascitur artus, Virg. Aen. 2, 215. Fig.: to f. upon golden sayings, aurea depasci dicta, Lucr.: Cic. Phr.: they fed upon the flesh of wild beasts, quibus cibus erat caro ferina, Sall.: they believe hares f. on snow, leporibus pro cibatu nivem credunt esse, Plin. 8, 55, 81: swine f. upon anything, sues omni cibatu aluntur, Plin. 10, 73, 93.