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MorphologyDictionary- Charlton T. Lewis: An Elementary Latin Dictionary
- Cooper: Thesaurus Linguae Romanae et Brittanicae
- Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
- pix, pĭcis, f. [akin to Gr. pikro/s, bitter, pi/tus, pine; cf. peu/kh], = pi/ssa, pitch:
picem meminisse debemus non aliud esse quam combustae resinae fluxum
, Plin. 23, 1, 24, 47; cf. id. 16, 11, 21, 52: postes inducti pice
, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 140: pastor junctis pice cantat avenis
, Ov. Tr. 5, 10, 25: hic dies festus Corticem astrictum pice dimovebit Amphorae
, Hor. C. 3, 8, 10: caelum pice nigrius
, Ov. H. 18, 7.—Boiling pitch was poured on the bodies of slaves as a punishment: te Pix atra agitet aput carnificem
, Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 65; Lucr. 3, 1017.—In plur.: Idaeasque pices
, Verg. G. 3, 450; Plin. 14, 20, 25, 122: ut pices navium solverentur, Aug. Civ. Dei, 3, 31.— Prov.: Qui tetigerit picem inquinabitur
, Vulg. Ecclus. 13, 1.
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