picei
Dictionary entries
- Entry →piceus, picea, piceum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
pitch black;
gen. sg. (m.)gen. sg. (n.)nom. pl. (m.)voc. pl. (m.)
Examples
Liber Primus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...turbo rapit. qui tum Minyis trepidantibus horror cum picei fulsere poli pavidamque coruscae ante ratem cecidere faces antemnaque..."- P
Metamorphoses XI
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...nescit: tanta vertigine pontus fervet, et inducta piceis e nubibus umbra omne latet caelum, duplicataque noctis imago..." - P
Metamorphoses III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...lina!' iussa viri faciunt intermittuntque laborem. Vallis erat piceis et acuta densa cupressu, nomine Gargaphie succinctae sacra Dianae..."