LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinefourth declension

pāstus

pāstus m (genitive pāstūs)
Classical[ˈpaːs.tʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈpas.tus]

Meaning

  1. pasture, fodder, animal food
  2. rarehuman food
  3. sustenance, support

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativepāstuspāstūs
genitivepāstūspāstuum
dativepāstuīpāstibus
accusativepāstumpāstūs
ablativepāstūpāstibus
vocativepāstuspāstūs

pastus. a, um, Part., from pasco.
pastus, ūs, m. pasco,
I. pasture, fodder, food (class; equally common in sing. and plur.): animalia ad pastum accedunt, Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 122: animantia anquirunt pastum, id. Off. 1, 4, 11: pastum capessere et conficere, id. N. D. 2, 47, 121; id. Fin. 2, 13, 40: e pastu decedens, Verg. G. 1, 381.—In plur.: terra fundit ex sese pastus varios, Cic. Fin. 2, 34, 111: conatum habere ad naturalis pastus capessendos, id. N. D. 2, 47, 122.—
B. Transf., food of men (poet. and very rare): hominum pastus pecudumque cibatus, Lucr. 6, 1127.—
II. Trop., food, sustenance: populari agros ad praesentem pastum mendicitatis suae, Cic. Phil. 11, 2, 4: pastus animorum, id. Tusc. 5, 23, 66.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*peh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*péh₂sti
  3. Proto-Italic*pāskō
  4. Latinpāstus

Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin pāstus From pāscō + -tus (forming action nouns).

Descendants
  • Catalanpast
  • Italianpasto
  • Portuguesepasto
  • Spanishpasto
  • Bourguignonpâtfrom Old French past
  • Friulianpast

In English words that came into English from pāstus

  • antepastpāstus

Quick answers

What does pāstus mean in Latin?
pāstus, a noun, means “pasture, fodder, animal food; human food; sustenance, support”.
What is the genitive of pāstus?
The genitive singular is pāstūs. pāstus is masculine, fourth declension.
How do you pronounce pāstus?
In classical Latin, [ˈpaːs.tʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈpas.tus].
Where does pāstus come from?
Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- → Proto-Indo-European *péh₂sti → Proto-Italic *pāskō → Latin pāstus.