Lewis & Short

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rĕ-pastĭno, āvi, ātum (old inf. repastinassere, Afran. Com. 288), 1, v. a.

  1. I. Lit., agricult. t. t., to dig again, to dig or delve anew; to dig around, trench, grub, Varr. R. R. 1, 18, 8; 1, 37, 4; Col. 3, 18; 4, 32, 3; Plin. 13, 13, 27, § 84; 17, 10, 11, § 61 al.; cf. Fest. pp. 137 and 231.
  2. II. Transf., to clean (post-class.). Lit.: ungues, Tert. Poen. 11.
  3. III. Trop.: usum divitiarum, to check, = coercere, Tert. Cult. Fem. 9: vitam, i. e. to renew, id. Anim. 50 fin.: commissionem injuriae, i. e. to prevent, id. adv. Marc. 2, 18.