feed Copy link Outline A. Trans.I. To supply food to1. pasco, pāvi, pastum, 3 (usu. with ref. to inferior creatures)2. ălo, ui, ĭtum, 33. cĭbo, 1 of animals only4. expr. by cĭbus, pābŭlum (the latter only of animals), and a verb5. pābŭlor, 1 (usu. intrans.)II. Fig.B. Intrans.1. vescor, 3 (with abl.2. pascor, pastus, 3 (in lit. sense of animals only)3. pābŭlor, 1 (of cattle)4. dēpascor, pastus, 3; also in act. (strictly to f. down • feed: A. Trans.: I. To supply food to: 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. ălo, ui, ĭtum, 3: v. to nourish. Fig.: to f. the flames, a. incendium, Just. 4, 1, 11. 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. 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. pābŭlor, 1 (usu. intrans.): Col. 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. B. Intrans.: to partake of food: 1. vescor, 3 (with abl.: of rational beings only): v. to eat, live on. 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. pābŭlor, 1 (of cattle): to f. quietly, placide p., Col. 7, 6, fin. 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.
FEED Copy link • FEEDcibum praebere alicui (general term for giving him food): cibo juvare aliquem (to refresh him with food): cibare aliquem (especially poultry and children; the word is post-Augustan): pabulum dare alicui (especially to larger animals, as oxen, etc.): pascere (especially to feed sheep, goats, swine; both in the sense of driving them to pasture and watching them there, and also of keeping so many; also of feeding persons [olusculis nos pascere, Cic.], but with reference to feeding them like cattle; and ofa district feeding so many, = supplying them with provisions; also of becoming the food of, against one’s will; e.g., aliquis or aliquid pascet corvos, tineas, etc.). To feed with one’s own hand, cibare manu sua (Suet., Tib., 72): to feed well, largo pastu sustentare: birds feed their unfledged young, aves infirmis fetibus cibos ore suo collatos partiuntur (Quint. 2, 6, 7): to feed a child, infanti cibum in os ingerere (Cic., De Or., 2, 39, 162). IMPROPR., nutrire (e.g., amorem, Ov.; ignes foliis etc., Ov.): alere (e.g., a war, a contest, love, rage, etc.): sustentare (to support; e.g., a war, anybody’s vices, etc.): augere: alere et augere (e.g., desiderium, to increase it; opposed to exstinguere): fovere (e.g., dolores suos; alicujus spem). To feed one’s eyes with anything, oculos pascere aliqua re; fructum capere oculis ex re: dare oculis epulas (comedy). Support, supply with provisions, etc., alere: pascere (poetical): sustentare: alere et sustentare: victum praebere alicui: nutricari (IMPROP.; omniaque [mundus] sicut membra et partes sui nutricatur et continet, Cic., N.D., 2, 34). [Vid: SUPPORT.] Depasture (as in “to feed your meadows,” Woodward), depascere: immisso pecore depascere (Ulp.). To feed a lake, river, etc., in lacum or flumen influere. INTRANS., Live on, vesci aliqua re (the proper word; carne, lacte): vivere aliqua re (to live on; de aliqua re is of the means by which a livelihood is gained): ali aliqua re (e.g., lacte). Pasture (of cattle), pasci and (poetical) pascere (Verg.): pabulari (to eat fodder). IMPROPR., pasci aliqua re (e.g., bibliotheca alicujus, etc.; of delighting in it).