depasco

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

dē-pāscō pāvī, pāstus, ere,

to feed down, feed off, give for food: saltūs, O.: luxuriem segetum, V.—To feed upon, graze, consume: agros: (tauri) summa Lycaei, V.: saepes Hyblaeis apibus florem depasta salicti, V.—Poet.: depasta altaria, the offerings, V.—To prune away, remove: (orationis) luxuries stilo depascenda. — To destroy, waste: possessionem Academiae.