LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbthird conjugation, no perfect or supine stems

compāscō

compāscō (present infinitive compāscere)
Classical[kɔmˈpaːs.koː]Ecclesiastical[komˈpas.ko]

Meaning

  1. intransitiveto feed together, pasture together

Conjugation conjugation 3 perfect

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.compāscōcompāscēbamcompāscam———
2nd sg.compāsciscompāscēbāscompāscēs———
3rd sg.compāscitcompāscēbatcompāscet———
1st pl.compāscimuscompāscēbāmuscompāscēmus———
2nd pl.compāscitiscompāscēbātiscompāscētis———
3rd pl.compāscuntcompāscēbantcompāscent———
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.compāscamcompāscerem——
2nd sg.compāscāscompāscerēs——
3rd sg.compāscatcompāsceret——
1st pl.compāscāmuscompāscerēmus——
2nd pl.compāscātiscompāscerētis——
3rd pl.compāscantcompāscerent——
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.compāscorcompāscēbarcompāscar
2nd sg.compāsceris
compāscere
compāscēbāris
compāscēbāre
compāscēris
compāscēre
3rd sg.compāsciturcompāscēbāturcompāscētur
1st pl.compāscimurcompāscēbāmurcompāscēmur
2nd pl.compāsciminīcompāscēbāminīcompāscēminī
3rd pl.compāscunturcompāscēbanturcompāscentur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.compāscarcompāscerer
2nd sg.compāscāris
compāscāre
compāscerēris
compāscerēre
3rd sg.compāscāturcompāscerētur
1st pl.compāscāmurcompāscerēmur
2nd pl.compāscāminīcompāscerēminī
3rd pl.compāscanturcompāscerentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.compāscecompāscere
pres. 2nd pl.compāscitecompāsciminī
fut. 2nd sg.compāscitōcompāscitor
fut. 3rd sg.compāscitōcompāscitor
fut. 2nd pl.compāscitōte—
fut. 3rd pl.compāscuntōcompāscuntor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivecompāscerecompāscī
present participlecompāscēns—
future participle—compāscendus
compāscundus
gerundcompāscendī, compāscendō, compāscendum

com-pasco (con-), no
I. 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.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Italic*kom
  4. Proto-Italic*kom-
  5. Latincompāscō

Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- Proto-Indo-European *péh₂sti Proto-Italic *pāskō Latin pāscō Latin compāscō From con- + pāscō (“to feed, pasture”).

Quick answers

What does compāscō mean in Latin?
compāscō, a verb, means “to feed together, pasture together”.
What are the principal parts of compāscō?
compāscō, compāscere (third conjugation, no perfect or supine stems).
How do you pronounce compāscō?
In classical Latin, [kɔmˈpaːs.koː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [komˈpas.ko].
Where does compāscō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? → Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm → Proto-Italic *kom → Proto-Italic *kom- → Latin compāscō.