depasco

Latin

Alternative forms

• (deponent form) dēpāscor

Etymology

From dē- +‎ pāscō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /deːˈpaːs.koː/, [d̪eːˈpäːs̠koː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /deˈpas.ko/, [d̪eˈpäsko]

Verb

dēpāscō (present infinitive dēpāscere, perfect active dēpāvī, supine dēpāstum); third conjugation

1. to graze or pasture (livestock)
2. to feed on, consume, devour, tear
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 2.213–215:

     “[...] et prīmum parva duōrum
     corpora nātōrum serpēns amplexus uterque
     implicat, et miserōs morsū dēpāscitur artūs.”

     “First the serpents encircled the little bodies of [Laocoön’s] two boys, squeezed both [of them], and were devouring [their] tormented limbs with bite[s].” – Aeneas

Conjugation

Conjugation of dēpāscō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	dēpāscō	dēpāscis	dēpāscit	dēpāscimus	dēpāscitis	dēpāscunt
	imperfect	dēpāscēbam	dēpāscēbās	dēpāscēbat	dēpāscēbāmus	dēpāscēbātis	dēpāscēbant
	future	dēpāscam	dēpāscēs	dēpāscet	dēpāscēmus	dēpāscētis	dēpāscent
	perfect	dēpāvī	dēpāvistī	dēpāvit	dēpāvimus	dēpāvistis	dēpāvērunt, dēpāvēre
	pluperfect	dēpāveram	dēpāverās	dēpāverat	dēpāverāmus	dēpāverātis	dēpāverant
	future perfect	dēpāverō	dēpāveris	dēpāverit	dēpāverimus	dēpāveritis	dēpāverint
passive	present	dēpāscor	dēpāsceris, dēpāscere	dēpāscitur	dēpāscimur	dēpāsciminī	dēpāscuntur
	imperfect	dēpāscēbar	dēpāscēbāris, dēpāscēbāre	dēpāscēbātur	dēpāscēbāmur	dēpāscēbāminī	dēpāscēbantur
	future	dēpāscar	dēpāscēris, dēpāscēre	dēpāscētur	dēpāscēmur	dēpāscēminī	dēpāscentur
	perfect	dēpāstus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	dēpāstus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	dēpāstus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	dēpāscam	dēpāscās	dēpāscat	dēpāscāmus	dēpāscātis	dēpāscant
	imperfect	dēpāscerem	dēpāscerēs	dēpāsceret	dēpāscerēmus	dēpāscerētis	dēpāscerent
	perfect	dēpāverim	dēpāverīs	dēpāverit	dēpāverīmus	dēpāverītis	dēpāverint
	pluperfect	dēpāvissem	dēpāvissēs	dēpāvisset	dēpāvissēmus	dēpāvissētis	dēpāvissent
passive	present	dēpāscar	dēpāscāris, dēpāscāre	dēpāscātur	dēpāscāmur	dēpāscāminī	dēpāscantur
	imperfect	dēpāscerer	dēpāscerēris, dēpāscerēre	dēpāscerētur	dēpāscerēmur	dēpāscerēminī	dēpāscerentur
	perfect	dēpāstus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	dēpāstus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	dēpāsce	—	—	dēpāscite	—
	future	—	dēpāscitō	dēpāscitō	—	dēpāscitōte	dēpāscuntō
passive	present	—	dēpāscere	—	—	dēpāsciminī	—
	future	—	dēpāscitor	dēpāscitor	—	—	dēpāscuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		dēpāscere	dēpāvisse	dēpāstūrum esse	dēpāscī	dēpāstum esse	dēpāstum īrī
participles		dēpāscēns	—	dēpāstūrus	—	dēpāstus	dēpāscendus, dēpāscundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		dēpāscendī	dēpāscendō	dēpāscendum	dēpāscendō	dēpāstum	dēpāstū

Descendants

• Old French: depaistre

References

• “depasco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “depasco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• depasco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.