piceus

Latin

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *pik-der.

Proto-Italic *piks

Latin pix

Latin -eus

Latin piceus

From pix (“pitch”) + -eus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈpɪ.ke.ʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈpiː.t͡ʃe.us]

Adjective

piceus (feminine picea, neuter piceum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (relational) pitch
2. pitch-black

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	piceus	picea	piceum		piceī	piceae	picea
genitive	piceī	piceae	piceī		piceōrum	piceārum	piceōrum
dative	piceō	piceae	piceō		piceīs
accusative	piceum	piceam	piceum		piceōs	piceās	picea
ablative	piceō	piceā	piceō		piceīs
vocative	picee	picea	piceum		piceī	piceae	picea

Related terms

• picea
• pix

See also

Colors in Classical and Old Latin · colōrēs (layout · text)

albus, candidus, cānus, marmoreus (poetic), eburneus (poetic), niveus (poetic), argenteus (poetic), lacteus (poetic)	pullus, fuscus, aquilus, mūrīnus (of livestock)	āter, niger, furvus, piceus (poetic)
rūfus, russus, ruber, flammeus (poetic), rōbus (of oxen), burrus; pūniceus, spādīx (poetic), sanguineus (poetic)	rutilus, fulvus (poetic), rāvus (of eyes), aureus (poetic), croceus (poetic); rūbidus, niger, badius (of horses)	lūridus, flāvus, lūteus, gilvus (of horses), helvus (of cattle); cēreus (poetic)
viridis, flāvus (poetic)	viridis, herbeus, fulvus (poetic)	viridis, glaucus, caeruleus (poetic, only dark)
	glaucus, caesius (of eyes)	līvidus, caeruleus, ferrūgineus (poetic), glaucus
violāceus	purpureus (underlying shade)	roseus

References

• “piceus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “piceus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “piceus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.