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
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...similitudinem praecisae, ut crederes etiam animorum esse picturam. Hinc aquila ferebat caelo sublimis Idaeum, illinc candidus Hylas repellebat..."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..."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..."
