fodder (subs.) Copy link • fodder (subs.): food for cattle: pābŭlum: to cut f., p. secare, Caes.: the sheep crops the f., pabula carpit ovis, Ov. To get f. (milit. term), pabulari, Caes.: Tac.: pertaining to f., pābŭlāris, e: Col.: Plin.
FODDER Copy link • FODDER 1. pabulum (for cattle; also = “forage;” but pabulatio is “foraging”): pastus (general term, food for cattle). This is good fodder, hoc pecudes probe alit: to seek fodder (of animals), pabulum anquirere: to fetch fodder (e.g., of soldiers), pabulari: to send the soldiers out for fodder, pabulatum (pabulandi causa) milites mittere: to suffer from the want of fodder, premi inopia pabuli: there is plenty of fodder, magna copia pabuli suppetit: to cut off the enemy from the means of getting fodder, hostem pabulatione intercludere: to go out to fetch or look for fodder, pabulatum ire or proficisci: the horse takes its fodder well, equus libenter cibo utitur. 2. v. To give food, pabulum dare: to fodder animals well, largo pastu sustentare: to fodder the horses with leaves, equos alere foliis ex arboribus strictis. Vid: To FEED.