Lewis & Short

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com-pasco (con-), no perf., pastum, ĕre, v. n. and a.

  1. I. To feed together, feed in common: si compascuus ager est, jus est compascere, Cic. Top. 3, 12; Dig. 8, 5, 20.
  2. II. To feed, pasture, in gen.: Brundisiana (ostrea), Plin. 32, 6, 21, § 61.
    1. B. Pregn.
      1. 1. To consume by feeding, to eat: pabulum, Varr. R. R. 2, prooem. § 5; so in pass., id. ib. 1, 53.
      2. 2. To drive away, destroy by feeding: famem, Plin. 9, 54, 79, § 169.