pasco

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(conjugation-3) to feed, nourish, maintain, support
(conjugation-3) to pasture, drive to pasture, tend, attend
(conjugation-3) to feed, supply, cultivate, let grow
(conjugation-3) to graze, browse
(conjugation-3, figuratively) to feast, delight, satisfy, feed, gratify
(conjugation-3) to consume, lay waste, ravage, desolate
(Ecclesiastical, Latin, conjugation-3, figuratively) to tend to as a shepherd or pastor; cherish, nourish, care for, feed spiritually

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[ˈpaːs.koː]

Inherited from Proto-Italic *pāskō, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (“to protect, shepherd”). Compare Ancient Greek ποιμαίνω (poimaínō, “to tend, feed, nourish”). Cognates include Attic Greek ποιμήν (poimḗn, “shepherd”), Sanskrit पाति (pā́ti, “to protect”), Old English fōda and fēdan (English food and feed), Old Church Slavonic пасти (pasti, “to pasture”), Russian пища (pišča). Unrelated to Attic Greek βόσκω (bóskō, “to feed, to tend”).