pampĭno, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [pampinus], to pluck or lop off the superfluous tendrils, shoots, and leaves of vines, to trim vines.
I Lit.: pampinare est ex sarmento coles qui nati sunt, de iis qui plurimum valent, primum ac secundum, nonnumquam etiam tertium relinquere, reliquos decerpere, Varr. R. R. 1, 31, 2; Cato R. R. 33, 3: pampinandi modus, Col. 5, 5, 14: vineas, Plin. 18, 27, 67, § 254; Col. Arb. 11.—
II Transf., in gen., to trim or prune trees : salix non minus, quam vinea pampinatur, Col. 4, 31, 2; 5, 10, 21; 11, 2, 79 saep.