"pabulum" meaning in Latin

See pabulum in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ˈpaː.bʊ.ɫũː] [Classical-Latin], [ˈpaː.bu.lum] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From pā(scō) (“to nourish”) + -bulum, or directly from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-dʰlom (*peh₂- + *-dʰlom). Etymology templates: {{root|la|ine-pro|*peh₂-}}, {{af|la|pāscō|-bulum|alt1=pā(scō)|t1=to nourish}} pā(scō) (“to nourish”) + -bulum, {{inh|la|ine-pro|*peh₂-dʰlom}} Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-dʰlom Head templates: {{la-noun|pābulum<2>}} pābulum n (genitive pābulī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|pābulum<2>}} Forms: pābulum [canonical, neuter], pābulī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], pābulum [nominative, singular], pābula [nominative, plural], pābulī [genitive, singular], pābulōrum [genitive, plural], pābulō [dative, singular], pābulīs [dative, plural], pābulum [accusative, singular], pābula [accusative, plural], pābulō [ablative, singular], pābulīs [ablative, plural], pābulum [singular, vocative], pābula [plural, vocative]
  1. food, nourishment, sustenance Tags: declension-2 Synonyms: vīctus, nūtrīmentum, alimentum, alimōnia
    Sense id: en-pabulum-la-noun-hzr4tLN1
  2. (of animals) fodder, pasture Tags: declension-2
    Sense id: en-pabulum-la-noun-tf7KRjYm Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin neuter nouns in the second declension, Latin terms suffixed with -bulum Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 17 66 17 Disambiguation of Latin neuter nouns in the second declension: 27 47 27 Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -bulum: 17 66 17
  3. (figuratively) nourishment for the mind, food for thought Tags: declension-2, figuratively
    Sense id: en-pabulum-la-noun-aMp92Mgs
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: pābulāris, pābulārius, pābulor, pābulōsus Related terms: pābulātiō, pābulātor, pābulātōrius
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      "source": "declension",
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        {
          "english": "[…] freely / calling them and exhorting the weary insects to eat their familiar food.",
          "ref": "c. 37 BCE – 30 BCE, Virgil, Georgics 4.265",
          "text": "[…] ultro / hortantem et fessas ad pabula nota vocantem",
          "translation": "[…] freely / calling them and exhorting the weary insects to eat their familiar food.",
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          "word": "alimentum"
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          "text": "Sī vērō habet aliquod tamquam pābulum studī atque doctrīnae, nihil est ōtiōsā senectūte iūcundius.\nIf, indeed, it possesses some nourishment, so to speak, for study and learning, nothing is more delightful than a leisurely old age.\n(Note how Cicero uses tamquam to signal that the word pābulum has a figurative meaning in this context.)",
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        }
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      ],
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  ],
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      "ipa": "[ˈpaː.bʊ.ɫũː]",
      "tags": [
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      "ipa": "[ˈpaː.bu.lum]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pabulum"
}
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          "english": "[…] freely / calling them and exhorting the weary insects to eat their familiar food.",
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          "text": "[…] ultro / hortantem et fessas ad pabula nota vocantem",
          "translation": "[…] freely / calling them and exhorting the weary insects to eat their familiar food.",
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          "word": "vīctus"
        },
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          "word": "nūtrīmentum"
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          "text": "Sī vērō habet aliquod tamquam pābulum studī atque doctrīnae, nihil est ōtiōsā senectūte iūcundius.\nIf, indeed, it possesses some nourishment, so to speak, for study and learning, nothing is more delightful than a leisurely old age.\n(Note how Cicero uses tamquam to signal that the word pābulum has a figurative meaning in this context.)",
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          "mind",
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        ]
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      ],
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        "declension-2",
        "figuratively"
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈpaː.bʊ.ɫũː]",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈpaː.bu.lum]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pabulum"
}

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