pastio

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

pastĭo, ōnis, f. [pasco], a pasturing, grazing, feeding.

I Lit.: duo genera sunt pastionum, unum agreste, etc., Varr. R. R. 3, 2, 13; 3, 1, 8; 3, 2, 18: pastiones villaticae, pecuariae, Col. 8, 1, 2.—

II Transf., concr., a pasture , Varr. R. R. 2, 10, 2: pastiones laxae, id. ib. 1, 12, 1: magnitudine pastionis, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 6, 14.

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