Pica, picæ, fœm. gen. Plin. A bird called a Pie: a Iaye also is coutained vnder this name. Pica is also a disease of lothing or longing in women with childe.Pica loquax. Martial. A chattering pie.
Pico, picas, picâre. Plin. To lay with pitch.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
pīca, ae, f. [prob. from pingo, the variegated, spotted bird], a pie, magpie, Plin. 10, 29, 41, 78; 10, 42, 59, 118; Ov. M. 5, 294 sq.; Pers. prol. fin.
pĭco, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [id.], to bedaub with pitch, to pitch, to tar.I.Lit.: dolia picata, lacus, vinarius picatus, Cato, R. R. 25 sq.: dolia, Suet. Claud. 16: parietes, Plin. 36, 22, 48, 166; 11, 7, 6, 16.—II.Transf., to season with pitch: vinum, Col. 12, 23.— Hence, pĭcātus, a, um, P. a., pitchy: vinum picatum,