picturam
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];
acc. sg. fut. act. part. - Entry →pictura, picturae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
painting, picture;
acc. sg.
Examples
- G
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...similitudinem praecisae, ut crederes etiam animorum esse picturam. Hinc aquila ferebat caelo sublimis Idaeum, illinc candidus Hylas repellebat..." - P
Germania
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from Minor Works
"...diligentius inlinunt terra ita pura ac splendente, ut picturam ac lineamenta colorum imitetur. Solent et subterraneos specus aperire..." - P
Dialogus de Oratoribus
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from Minor Works
"...semel vidit, transit et contentus est, ut si picturam aliquam vel statuam vidisset. Neque hunc meum sermonem..."