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P / pastĭnum
noun

pastĭnum

gen. pastĭni · gender neuter · decl. 2nd
a kind of two-pronged dibble
a kind of two-pronged dibble, for preparing the ground and for setting plants with: pastinum vocant agricolae ferramentum bifurcum, quo semina panguntur. Col. 3, 18. 1, and 6.—
by extension
The act of digging up and trenching the ground •
The act of digging up and trenching the ground: pastinum fieri nunc tempus est, Pall. 2, 10, 1.—
ground so prepared •
In plur., ground so prepared: sed haec in pastinis vel sulcis ratio erit, Pall. 3, 9, 13: latitudo pastinorum, id. 1, 7, 2; 1, 34, 2: instituere, Dig. 24, 3, 7.
Perseus ID: n34062 Key: pastinum