pictorum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →pingo, pingere, pinxi, pictus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
paint, tint, color; adorn/decorate w/colored designs; paint/draw/depict/portray;; decorate/embellish; depict in embroidery; [acu ~ => embroidery, needle-work];
gen. pl. perf. pass. part.gen. pl. perf. pass. part. - Entry →pictus, picta -um, pictior -or -us, pictissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
painted; colored; decorated, embroidered in color (fabrics);
gen. pl. (m.)gen. pl. (n.) - Entry →pictor, pictoris:
Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
painter;
gen. pl.
Examples
Liber X
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...Parthos procul ite pilleatos Et turpes humilesque supplicesque Pictorum sola basiate regum. Non est hic dominus, sed imperator..."SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...resolutam modo nato flore honorabat. Inter quos etiam pictorum amantium vultus tanquam in solitudine exclamavi: "Ergo amor etiam..."
