pingis
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];
sg. pres. act. ind. 2nd
Examples
Poenulus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...fricari aut tergeri aut ornari, poliri expoliri, pingi fingi; et una binae singulis quae datae nobis ancillae..."Liber IX
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...populantur apes: nomen Acidalia meruit quod harundine pingi, quod Cytherea sua scribere gaudet acu; nomen Erythraeis quod littera..."Liber I
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...ipse approbauit: quem non putes in ipso habitu pingi noluisse? [16,6] Est aliqua etiam prostitutis modestia..."Liber XXIV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...simulacrum celebrati eius diei Gracchus, postquam Romam rediit, pingi iuberet in aede Libertatis quam pater eius in Auentino..."