pascere

Italian

Etymology

From Latin pāscere, from Proto-Italic *pāskō, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (“to protect, to shepherd”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaʃ.ʃe.re/
• Rhymes: -aʃʃere
• Hyphenation: pà‧sce‧re

Verb

pàscere (first-person singular present pàsco, first-person singular past historic pascétti or (traditional) pascètti, past participle pasciùto, auxiliary avére)

1. (transitive) to graze on
2. (intransitive) to graze [auxiliary avere]

Conjugation

    Conjugation of pàscere (root-stressed -ere) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)

infinitive	pàscere
auxiliary verb		avére	gerund		pascèndo
present participle		pascènte	past participle		pasciùto
person	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	pàsco	pàsci	pàsce	pasciàmo	pascéte	pàscono
imperfect	pascévo	pascévi	pascéva	pascevàmo	pascevàte	pascévano
past historic	pascétti, pascètti1	pascésti	pascétte, pascètte1	pascémmo	pascéste	pascéttero, pascèttero1
future	pascerò	pascerài	pascerà	pascerémo	pasceréte	pascerànno
conditional	pascerèi	pascerésti	pascerèbbe, pascerébbe	pascerémmo	pasceréste	pascerèbbero, pascerébbero
subjunctive	che io	che tu	che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa	che noi	che voi	che loro, che essi/che esse
present	pàsca	pàsca	pàsca	pasciàmo	pasciàte	pàscano
imperfect	pascéssi	pascéssi	pascésse	pascéssimo	pascéste	pascéssero
imperative	—	tu	Lei	noi	voi	Loro
		pàsci	pàsca	pasciàmo	pascéte	pàscano
negative imperative		non pàscere	non pàsca	non pasciàmo	non pascéte	non pàscano

¹Traditional.

Related terms

• pascersi
• pascolare
• pascolo
• pasto
• pastore
• pastura

Anagrams

• caprese, pescare

Latin

Pronunciation

• pāscere: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpaːs.ke.re/, [ˈpäːs̠kɛrɛ]
• pāscere: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpaʃ.ʃe.re/, [ˈpäʃːere]
• pāscēre: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /paːsˈkeː.re/, [päːs̠ˈkeːrɛ]
• pāscēre: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /paʃˈʃe.re/, [päʃˈʃɛːre]

Verb

pāscere

1. inflection of pāscō (“to feed, nourish, supply, maintain, support; to shepherd, drive to pasture, tend to as a pastor; to care for, cultivate, cherish”):
   1. present active infinitive
   2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative

pāscere

1. second-person singular present active imperative/indicative of pāscor (“to feed oneself, to eat; to pasture, feed, graze; eat up, consume; to feast, satisfy, delight, enjoy oneself”)

Alternative forms

• pāsceris

Verb

pāscēre

1. second-person singular future passive indicative of pāscō (“to feed, nourish, supply, maintain, support; to shepherd, drive to pasture, tend to as a pastor; to care for, cultivate, cherish”)

pāscēre

1. second-person singular future active indicative of pāscor (“to feed oneself, to eat; to pasture, feed, graze; eat up, consume; to feast, satisfy, delight, enjoy oneself”)

Alternative forms

• pāscēris