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..."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..."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..."