com-pasco (con-), no perf., pastum, ĕre, v. n. and a.
I To feed together , feed in common : si compascuus ager est, jus est compascere, Cic. Top. 3, 12; Dig. 8, 5, 20.—
II To feed , pasture , in gen.: Brundisiana (ostrea), Plin. 32, 6, 21, § 61.—
B Pregn.
1 To consume by feeding , to eat : pabulum, Varr. R. R. 2, prooem. § 5; so in pass. , id. ib. 1, 53.—
2 To drive away , destroy by feeding: famem, Plin. 9, 54, 79, § 169.