pabulatio

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

pābŭlātĭo, ōnis, f. [pabulor], pasture.

I Lit., Varr. R. R. 3, 16; Col. 7, 9 fin.

II Transf., in milit. language, a collecting of fodder , a foraging : omnes nostras pabulationes frumentationesque observabat, Caes. B. G. 7, 16; 1, 15: premi pabulatione, id. B. C. 1, 78: pabulatione intercludi, id. B. G. 7, 44; Hirt. B. G. 8, 7; 11.