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(v. a.P. a.) : pingo, pinxi, pictum, 3, v. a.
* To represent pictorially with the pencil or needle, to paint, embroider (cf.: depingo, delineo, adumbro).
* Lit.: quas (comas) Dione Pingitur sustinuisse manu,is represented in painting,Ov. Am. 1, 14, 34; Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 7: tabulas,id. Inv. 2, 1, 1: tabula picta,a painting, picture,id. Brut. 75: pingere hominis speciem,id. de Or. 2, 16, 69: Helenae simulacrum,id. Inv. 2, 1, 1: Nero princeps jusserat colosseum se pingi,Plin. 35, 7, 33, § 51.—Prov.: quae dicunt ii, qui numquam philosophum pictum, ut dicitur, viderunt, of those who speak of things they know nothing about,Cic. Fin. 5, 27, 80.— Of embroidering (with or without acu): textile stragulum, magnificis operibus pictum,Cic. Tusc. 5, 21, 61: pingere acu,Ov. M. 6, 23: picti reges,in embroidered garments,Mart. 10, 72, 7: picti tori,with embroidered coverlets,Ov. H. 12, 30: toga,the embroidered toga worn by a triumphing commander,Lampr. Alex. Sev. 40: tapetes,Vulg. Prov. 7, 16.—Pass. in mid. force: pingi,to paint the face,Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 11.
* Transf.
* Trop., of style, to paint, color, embellish: verba,Cic. Brut. 37, 141: tabula, quam Cleanthes sane commode verbis depingere solebat,id. Fin. 2, 21, 69: locus, quem ego varie meis orationibus soleo pingere,id. Att. 1, 14, 3: modo mihi date Britanniam, quam pingam coloribus tuis penicillo meo,id. Q. Fr. 2, 15, a, 2: hunc (virum) omnibus a me pictum et politum artis coloribus subito deformatum vidi,id. Att. 2, 21, 4.—Hence, pictus, a, um, P. a., painted, colored, of various colors.
* To adorn, decorate, embellish: herbas floribus,Lucr. 5, 1396: bibliothecam aliquā re,Cic. Att. 4, 5, 3: stellis pingitur aether,Sen. Med. 310.
* Lit.: volucres,Verg. A. 4, 525: pelles,id. G. 4, 342: absint et picti squalentia terga lacerti,id. ib. 4, 13: puppes,id. A. 5, 663: carinae,id. ib. 8, 93.
* Transf., tattooed: Geloni,Verg. G. 2, 115: Agathyrsi,id. A. 4, 146 Forbig. ad loc.; Prisc. Perieg. 302.
* Of style, ornamented, ornate: orationis pictum et expolitum genus, Cic. Or. 27, 96: Lysiā nihil potest esse pictius,id. Brut. 95, 293.
* Merely painted, i. e. unreal, false, deceptive, empty, vain: pictos experiere metus,Prop. 4 (5), 6, 50.
* To represent pictorially with the pencil or needle, to paint, embroider (cf.: depingo, delineo, adumbro).
* Lit.: quas (comas) Dione Pingitur sustinuisse manu,is represented in painting,Ov. Am. 1, 14, 34; Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 7: tabulas,id. Inv. 2, 1, 1: tabula picta,a painting, picture,id. Brut. 75: pingere hominis speciem,id. de Or. 2, 16, 69: Helenae simulacrum,id. Inv. 2, 1, 1: Nero princeps jusserat colosseum se pingi,Plin. 35, 7, 33, § 51.—Prov.: quae dicunt ii, qui numquam philosophum pictum, ut dicitur, viderunt, of those who speak of things they know nothing about,Cic. Fin. 5, 27, 80.— Of embroidering (with or without acu): textile stragulum, magnificis operibus pictum,Cic. Tusc. 5, 21, 61: pingere acu,Ov. M. 6, 23: picti reges,in embroidered garments,Mart. 10, 72, 7: picti tori,with embroidered coverlets,Ov. H. 12, 30: toga,the embroidered toga worn by a triumphing commander,Lampr. Alex. Sev. 40: tapetes,Vulg. Prov. 7, 16.—Pass. in mid. force: pingi,to paint the face,Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 11.
* Transf.
* Trop., of style, to paint, color, embellish: verba,Cic. Brut. 37, 141: tabula, quam Cleanthes sane commode verbis depingere solebat,id. Fin. 2, 21, 69: locus, quem ego varie meis orationibus soleo pingere,id. Att. 1, 14, 3: modo mihi date Britanniam, quam pingam coloribus tuis penicillo meo,id. Q. Fr. 2, 15, a, 2: hunc (virum) omnibus a me pictum et politum artis coloribus subito deformatum vidi,id. Att. 2, 21, 4.—Hence, pictus, a, um, P. a., painted, colored, of various colors.
* To adorn, decorate, embellish: herbas floribus,Lucr. 5, 1396: bibliothecam aliquā re,Cic. Att. 4, 5, 3: stellis pingitur aether,Sen. Med. 310.
* Lit.: volucres,Verg. A. 4, 525: pelles,id. G. 4, 342: absint et picti squalentia terga lacerti,id. ib. 4, 13: puppes,id. A. 5, 663: carinae,id. ib. 8, 93.
* Transf., tattooed: Geloni,Verg. G. 2, 115: Agathyrsi,id. A. 4, 146 Forbig. ad loc.; Prisc. Perieg. 302.
* Of style, ornamented, ornate: orationis pictum et expolitum genus, Cic. Or. 27, 96: Lysiā nihil potest esse pictius,id. Brut. 95, 293.
* Merely painted, i. e. unreal, false, deceptive, empty, vain: pictos experiere metus,Prop. 4 (5), 6, 50.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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