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.