pinxisset
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. pluperf. act. subj. 3rd
Examples
Liber VI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...nervo aut ab amicis redemptum ex alea pinxisset, "ergo ego" inquit "numquam vici". LXXIII. Redarguimus interim aperte..."Liber II
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...Coloten Teium uicit. Nam cum in Iphigeniae immolatione pinxisset tristem Calchantem, tristiorem Vlixem, addidisset Menelao quem summum poterat..."