βόσκω
I. of the herdsman, "to feed, tend", Lat. pasco, Od.
2. generally, "to feed, nourish, support", of earth, id=Od.; of the Sun, Soph.; of soldiers, "to maintain", Hdt., Thuc.: metaph., β. νόσον Soph.; πράγματα β. "to feed up" troubles, i. e. children, Ar.
II. Pass., of cattle, "to feed, graze", Lat. pascor, Hom., c. acc.:— "to feed on", Aesch.
2. metaph. "to be fed or nurtured", Trag.; β. τινί or περί τι "to run riot in" athing, Anth. (The Root appears to be ΒΟΤ, cf. βοτήρ, βοτός, βοτάνη.）