pastinum

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

pastĭnum: i, n.,
I 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.—
II Transf.
   A The act of digging up and trenching the ground: pastinum fieri nunc tempus est, Pall. 2, 10, 1.—
   B 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.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

pastĭnum, ī, n.,
1 houe : Col. Rust. 3, 18, 1
2 action de houer : Pall. 2, 10, 1
3 terrain houé : Pall. 3, 9, 13.