depasco

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From dē- +‎ pāscō.

Pronunciation

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 infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present dēpāscere dēpāscī dēpāscēns —
future dēpāstūrum esse dēpāstum īrī dēpāstūrus dēpāscendus,
dēpāscundus
perfect dēpāvisse dēpāstum esse — dēpāstus
future perfect — dēpāstum fore — —
perfect potential dēpāstūrum fuisse — — —
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.
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