piabilis pĭābĭlis, e, adj.pio, that may be expiated, expiable: piabile fulmen,Ov. F. 3, 289.
piacularis pĭācŭlāris, e, adj.piaculum, atoning, expiatory, piacular (rare; not in Cic.): hostia,Varr. L. L. 6, § 30 Müll.: sacrificia,
sinofferings
,Liv. 1, 26; also absol.: ut piacularia Junoni fierent,id. 42, 3: piacularia auspicia appellabant, quae sacrificantibus tristia portendebant, cum aut hostia ab arā effugisset, aut percussa mugitum dedisset, aut in aliam partem corporis quam oporteret cecidisset, Paul. ex Fest. p. 244 Müll.: piacularis porta appellatur propter aliqua piacula, quae ibidem fiebant,Fest. p. 212 Müll.; Plin. Ep. 3, 9, 9. Comic., transf., Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 36. Adv.: pĭācŭlārĭ-ter, sinfully: negare,Tert. Pud. 22 (al. peculiariter).
piaculo pĭācŭlo, āre, v. a.id., to appease or propitiate with an offering: Mars Pater, te hisce suovetaurilibus piaculo,Cato, R. R. 141, 4.
piaculum pĭācŭlum (sync. collat. form pĭā-clum, Prud. στεφ. 14, 219), i, n.pio, a means of appeasing a deity; hence, Lit.A sin-offering, propitiatory sacrifiee: porco piaculo facito, Cato, R. R. 139; 140: porcc femina piaculum pati,
to bring
,Cic. Leg. 2, 22, 57: piaculum hostia caedi,Liv. 8, 10: te piacula nulla resolvent,Hor. C. 1, 28, 34: piacula manibus infert,Ov. M. 6, 569: falsi mundi,Liv. 1, 26: sed quo te, M. Tulli, piaculo taceam, i. e. how can I be justified in, etc., Plin. 7, 31, 31, § 116; Macr. S. 3, 10, 7. Concr., an animal offered up in sacrifice, a victim: duc nigras pecudes; ea prima piacula sunto,Verg. A. 6, 153: non sperat tragicae furtiva piacula cervae,i. e.
substitution
,Juv. 12, 120. Transf., Of persons offered as an expiation, atonement: (Hannibalem) ad piaculum rupti foederis,Liv. 21, 10, 12: ut luendis periculis publicis piacula simus,id. 10, 28, 13. In gen., a remedy, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 36.Punishment: dea a violatoribus (sui templi) gravia piacula exegit,Liv. 29, 18; Just. 8, 2, 6; Val. Max. 1, 1, 14; Sil. 13, 702.Transf., that which requires expiation.A wicked action, sin, crime; guilt: eo die verberari piaculum est, Fab. Pict. ap. Gell. 10, 15, 10: palam mutire plebeio piaculum est, Enn. ap. Fest. s. v. mutire, p. 145 Müll. (Trag. v. 376 Vahl.): piaculum est misereri nos hominum rem male gerentum,Plaut. Truc. 2, 1, 13: sine piaculo rerum praetermissarum,Liv. 39, 47: piaculum committere,id. 5, 52; Paul. Sent. 1, 21, 4: commissa piacula,Verg. A. 6, 569: solutus piaculo,Tac. A. 1, 30: nec sine piaculo quodam sanctissimas necessitudines scindi,Plin. Pan. 37: ne terra impleatur piaculo,Vulg. Lev. 19, 29.An unhappy event, a misfortune, Plin. 25, 8, 46, § 84.
piamen pĭāmen, ĭnis, n.pio, a means of expiation, an atonement: Februa Romani dixere piamina patres,Ov. F. 2, 19.
piatio pĭātĭo, ōnis, f.id., an appeasing or propitiating of the gods by offerings (postAug.), Plin. 28, 2, 5, § 27.
piatrix pĭātrix, īcis, f.piator, she that appeases the gods by a sacrifice: piatrix dicebatur sacerdos, quae expiare erat solita, quam quidam simulatricem, alii sagam, alii expiatricem vocant,Fest. p. 213 Müll. (in Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 101, read plicatricem).
piceatus pĭcĕātus, a, um, adj.id., bedaubed with pitch, pitchy; hence, of hands to which others' property seems to stick, thievish: manus,Mart. 8, 59, 4.
pico pĭco, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.id., to bedaub with pitch, to pitch, to tar.Lit.: dolia picata, lacus, vinarius picatus,Cato, R. R. 25 sq.: dolia,Suet. Claud. 16: parietes,Plin. 36, 22, 48, § 166; 11, 7, 6, § 16.Transf., to season with pitch: vinum,Col. 12, 23. Hence, pĭcātus, a, um, P. a., pitchy: vinum picatum,
pictacium pictăcĭum, i, n., i. q. pittacium, Laber. ap. Gell. 16, 7, 9; v. pittacium.
Pictavi Pictāvi, ōrum, m., a later appellation of the Pictones, Amm. 15, 21; Ven. Carm. 6, 7, 215; 2, 19, 2. Hence, Pictāva, ae, f., the capital of the Pictavi, the mod. Poictiers, Sulp. Sev. Vit. S. Mart. 5.Pic-tāvĭcus, a, um, adj., Pictavian: rhetor,Aus. Epigr. 51, 2.
Picti Picti, ōrum, m.pingo, the painted people, a people of Britain, the Picts or ancient Caledonians (so named from their practice of tattooing themselves), Amm. 20, 1, 1; Claud. III. Cons. Hon. 54; id. Laud. Stil. 2, 254.
pictilis pictĭlis, e, adj.pictus, embroidered: balteus,App. M. 10, p. 247, 38.
Pictor Pictor, ōris, m.id., a surname in the gens Fabia. C. Fabius Pictor, Cic. Tusc. 1, 2, 4. Q. Fabius Pictor, an ancient Roman historian, Cic. de Or. 2, 12, 53.
pictorius pictōrĭus, a, um, adj.1. pictor, of or belonging to painters, pictorial: licentia,Tert. adv. Marc. 1, 3: operae,Dig. 38, 1, 23.
pictura pictūra, ae, f.pingo, painting, the art of painting.Lit.: una est ars ratioque picturae,Cic. de Or. 3, 7, 26; 1, 16, 73; id. Brut. 18, 70; App. Mund. p. 66, 23. In partic., a painting of the face, Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 105.Transf., concr., a painting, picture (cf. tabula): et si qua inutilis pictura sit, eam vendat,Plaut. As. 4, 1, 10; Cic. Or. 11, 36: nego ullam picturam neque in tabulis neque textilem fuisse, quin conquisierit,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 1, § 1: accedant statuae et picturae,Sen. Ep. 16, 8: positae sunt picturae Herculis liberos occidentis,id. Contr. 5, 34, 14: statuas et picturas avehere,Tac. A. 16, 23: dicitur tabulam picturae cedere,Gai. Inst. 2, 78. Of embroideries: textilibus picturis,Lucr. 2, 35. Of paintings in Mosaic, Verg. Cul. 64. Of a carving in relief: et sculpsit in eis picturam cherubim,Vulg. 3 Reg. 6, 32.Trop., a painting, picture in words: animum ab istā picturā imaginibusque virtutum traducere,Cic. Tusc. 5, 5, 14: Homerum tradunt caecum fuisse; at ejus picturam, non poësin videmus,id. ib. 5, 39, 114.
picturatus pictūrātus, a, um, adj.pictura, painted, pictured, i. e. Party-colored, variegated (poet.): agger floribus,Stat. Th. 6, 58: volucres,Claud. Ep. ad Ser. 3.Embroidered: vestes,Verg. A. 3, 483.
pictus pictus, a, um, Part. and P. a., from pingo.
picula pĭcŭla, ae, f.dim.pix, a little pitch, App. Herb. 36; Veg. Vet. 1, 11; 2, 46.
Picumnus Pīcumnus, i, m., and Pīlumnus, i, m., two brother deities of the Romans; the first a personification of the woodpecker (picus), and the second a personification of the pestle (pilum); both were companions of Mars, and tutelary deities of married people and little children, Varr. ap. Non. 528, 11 sq.; id. ap. Aug. Civ. Dei, 6, 9; cf. Isid. 4, 11, 5; Aem. Mac. ap. Non. 518, 26; cf. Serv. Verg. A. 9, 4; 10, 76. Pilumnus was the son of Daunus, husband of Danaë and ancestor of Turnus, Verg. A. 9, 4.
picus pīcus, i, m.perh. root pingo; cf. pica. A woodpecker, one of the birds used in augury, Plaut. As. 2, 1, 12: sunt et parvae aves uncorum unguium, ut pici, Martio cognomine insignes et in auspicatu magni,Plin. 10, 18, 20, § 40; 11, 37, 44, § 122; Non. 518, 24.A fabulous bird, the griffin: picos veteres esse voluerunt, quos Graeci γρύπας appellant. Plautus Aulularia (4, 8, 1): pici divitiis, qui aureos montes colunt, Ego solus supero,Non. 152, 7 sq.
Picus Pīcus, i, m., son of Saturn, grandfather of Latinus, king of the aborigines, and a prophet; he was changed by Circe, whose love he had slighted, into a woodpecker, Ov. M. 14, 320; Verg. A. 7, 189 Serv.; Juv. 8, 131.
pietas pĭĕtas, ātis, f.pius, dutiful conduct towards the gods, one's parents, relatives, benefactors, country, etc., sense of duty.Lit. With respect to the gods, piety: est enim pietas justitia adversus deos,Cic. N. D. 1, 41, 115; 1, 2, 3; cf.: aequitas tripartita dicitur esse; una ad superos deos, altera ad manes, tertia ad homines pertinere. Prima pietas, secunda sanctitas, tertia justitia aut aequitas nominatur,id. Top. 23, 90: pietas adversus deos, id. Fin. 3, 22, 73: deos placatos pietas efficiet et sanctitas,id. Off. 2, 3, 11; id. Rep. 1, 2, 2: senex fretus pietate deum,Naev. B. Punic. 3, 1; Enn. ap. Non. 160, 2 (Trag. v. 369 Vahl.): nec pietas ulla est, velatum saepe videri Vortier ad lapidem atque omnes accedere ad aras, etc., that is not piety, to incline with veiled head to the marble, etc., Lucr. 5, 1198.Conscientiousness, scrupulousness, Ov. F. 6, 607. So of love and duty towards God (eccl. Lat.; freq.),Vulg. 2 Macc. 3, 1; id. 2 Pet. 1, 6. Plur., Vulg. 2 Pet. 3, 11. With respect to one's parents, children, relatives, country, benefactors, etc., duty, dutifulness, affection, love, loyalty, patriotism, gratitude, etc.: Pa. Salve, mi pater insperate. Tr. Volup est, quom istuc ex pietate vestrā nobis contigit, Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 132: patrem tuom si percoles per pietatem,
,Tac. Agr. 7: egregium narras mirā pietate parentem,Cat. 66, 29: pietas erga aliquem,Cic. Fam. 1, 1, 1: in aliquem,id. ib. 1, 9, 1: hic tui omnes valent summāque pietate te desiderant,id. ib. 6, 20, 2: nec publicae pietatis intererat, quid vocarere,
to the affection of the citizens
,Plin. Pan. 21, 3: militiae,Luc. 4, 499. Towards a husband (rare): neque id (officium nostrum) magis facimus quam nos monet pietas,Plaut. Stich. 1, 1, 6; cf.: scelus est pietas in conjuge Tereo,Ov. M. 6, 635. The formula PIETATIS CAVSA or EX PIETATE (opp. EX TESTAMENTO), in epitaphs, denotes that the heir raised the monument to the deceased, not because compelled by the latter's last will, but out of affection and respect, Inscr. Orell. 4692; Inscr. Fabr. p. 710, n. 314.Transf., in gen. (mostly poet. and in postAug. prose). Justice: at tibi ... pro talibus ausis Di, si qua est caelo pietas, quae talia curet, Persolvant grates dignas, etc.,Verg. A. 2, 536; cf. Sil. 6, 410; so Verg. A. 5, 688: summa deum pietas,Stat. S. 3, 3, 1; cf. Liv. 4, 42.Gentleness, kindness, tenderness, pity, compassion: permittite Patres Conscripti a pietate vestrā impetrari, ut damnatis liberum mortis arbitrium indulgeatis,Suet. Dom. 11: senatus,Plin. Pan. 79, 4; Dig. 48, 9, 5. In addressing a person: mea pietas,
Pietas Pĭĕtas, ātis, f., a Roman surname, Inscr. Marin. Atti, p. 329. Also, the name of a ship, Inscr. Orell. 3608. Pietas Julia, a Roman colony in Istria, the mod. Pola, Plin. 3, 19, 23, § 129.
pigeo pĭgĕo, gŭi, and pĭgĭtum est, 2, v. a.root pik-, to be angry; cf.: peccare, pejor (for pec-ior), pessimus (contr. from pējessimus); Gr. πικρός, bitter, to feel annoyance or reluctance at; to repent of a thing. As a verb. pers. (very rare): pudet quod turpe est; piget quod dolet, Donat. ap. Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 37: poscis ab invitā verba pigenda lyra,Prop. 5, 1, 74. Piget, piguit, or pigitum est, third pers. sing. impers., it irks, troubles, displeases, chagrins, afflicts, grieves, disgusts one; I (thou, he, etc.), dislike, loathe, etc.; with acc. of the person and gen. of the thing; with inf.; with acc. and inf.; with two acc.; absol., etc. (cf. taedet). With acc. and gen.: mea mater, tui me miseret, mei piget, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 31, 66 (Trag. v. 82): dolet pudetque Graium me et vero piget, id. ap. Non. 424, 3: hortari pudet, non prodesse id piget,id. ib. 424, 4: pudet pigetque mei me, id. Turp. 424, 5: fratris me quidem Piget pudetque,Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 37: dum me civitatis morum piget taedetque,Sall. J. 4, 9. With subject-clause: non dedisse ipsum pudet; me, quia non accepi, piget,Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 47: nisi forte pudet aut piget recte facere, Sall. Or. contr. Lep. med.: nam postea quae fecerit incertum habeo, pudeat magis an pigeat disserere,id. J. 95, 4: longos castrorum ferre dolores si piget,Juv. 14, 199: neque enim me piguit quaerere,Petr. 127: ut Silanum non piguerit sententiam suam interpretatione lenire,Suet. Caes. 14: nec pigitum parvos lares ... subire,Sil. 7, 173; Auct. ap. Gell. 13, 21: non te pigeat visitare infirmum,Vulg. Ecclus. 7, 39. With neutr. pron.: illud quod piget,Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 47: factum id esse non negat, Neque se id pigere,Ter. Heaut. prol. 18. Absol.: oratione multitudo ad misericordiam inducitur, ad pudendum, ad pigendum,Cic. Brut. 50, 188.Transf. For poenitet, it repents one; I (thou, he, etc.) repent (ante- and post-class.): pigere interdum pro tardari, interdum pro poenitere poni solet,Fest. p. 213 Müll.; Paul. ex Fest. p. 212 ib.: ne quid plus minusve faxit, quod nos post pigeat,Ter. Phorm. 3, 3, 21: pigere eum facti coepit,Just. 12, 6, 5: profecto vos hujus omnis injuriae pigeret,App. M. 7, p. 199, 14.It makes one ashamed; I (thou, he, etc.) am ashamed: fateri pigebat,Liv. 8, 2 fin.; App. Mag. p. 296, 18.
piger pĭger, gra, grum (late Lat. collat. form of sup. pigrissimus, Tert. Exhort. ad Castit. 13), adj.piget. Lit., unwilling, reluctant, averse (rare): gens pigerrima ad militaria opera,Liv. 21, 25, 6: pigriores ad facinus,id. 39, 13, 11: pigriores ad cetera munia exequenda,Curt. 6, 9, 29: ad litteras scribendas pigerrimus, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 1, 1: ad conatus magnos piger,Sen. Ira, 3, 3, 1.Transf.Backward, slow, dull, lazy, indolent, sluggish, inactive (of persons and things). With in and abl.: interdum piger, interdum timidus in re militari videbare,Cic. Fam. 7, 17, 1.Absol.: taurus ipsā mole piger,Juv. 12, 12: mare pigrum ac prope immotum,i. e.
,Col. 2, 17, 3. Prov.: vult et non vult piger,Vulg. Prov. 13, 4: dicit piger, leo est in viā,id. ib. 26, 13: pigrā munire castra dolabrā,
lazily handled
,Juv. 8, 248. With gen. (poet.): militiae piger et malus,Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 124: pericli,Sil. 14, 264: serpit Arar per rura pigerrimus undae,id. 15, 504. With inf. (poet.): piger scribendi ferre laborem,Hor. S. 1, 4, 12 (cf. the opp.: impiger hostium Vexare turmas,id. C. 4, 14, 22). Absol.: pigrum et iners videtur sudore adquirere quod possis sanguine parare,Tac. G. 14 fin. Hence, poet. transf., Sluggish, i. e. that makes sluggish, benumbing: sopor,Cat. 63, 37: frigora,Tib. 1, 2, 29: senecta,id. 1, 10, 40.Dull, dispirited, dejected, sad (poet. and in postclass. prose): vultus,Mart. 2, 11, 3: pigrum aliquem facere,id. 10, 104, 15: piger tristisque,App. M. 4, p. 157 fin.Dull, unfeeling (poet.): hinc fessos subrepsit in artus Insidiosa quies et pigrae oblivio vitae,Stat. S. 1, 4, 56 sq.; cf.: indigna est pigro forma perire situ,Ov. Am. 2, 3, 14. Hence, adv.: pĭgrē, slowly, sluggishly (post-Aug.): in servitutem transiens,Sen. Ira, 3, 17: pigre ac segniter agere,Col. 7, 5, 3. Comp.: pigrius,Plin. 10, 34, 52, § 105; Luc. 5, 434.
piget pĭget, v. pigeo.
pigmentarius pigmentārĭus, a, um, adj.pigmentum, of or belonging to paints or unguents: institor pigmentarius, a dealer in paints or unguents, Scrib. Larg. Comp. 22. More freq., Subst.: pigmentārĭus, ii, m., a dealer in paints or unguents: pigmentarius, χρωματοπώλης, φαρμακοπώλης, μυροπώλης, Gloss. Philox.: Attius pigmentarius,Cic. Fam. 15, 17, 2; Dig. 48, 8, 3; Firm. Math. 8, 27 med.; Pelag. Vet. 13; Vulg. Exod. 37, 29.
pigmentatus pigmentātus, a, um, adj.id., painted, colored, Tert. Cult. Fem. fin.: crinis,Prud. Ham. 316.
pigmentum pigmentum, i, n.pingo, a materialfor coloring, a color, paint, pigment.Lit. For painting, a paint: aspersa temere pigmenta in tabulā, oris lineamenta efficere possunt,Cic. Div. 1, 13, 23: vela in cortinam pigmenti ferventis mersa,Plin. 35, 11, 42, § 150. Jocosely: quem Apelles Zeuxisque duo pingent pigmentis ulmeis,i. e.
pignerator pignĕrātor, ōris, m.id., one who takes a pledge; a pledgee, mortgagee, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 11, § 27.
pignero pignĕro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.pignus, to give as a pledge, to pledge, pawn, mortgage.Lit.: unionem,Suet. Vit. 7: bona tantum, quae publicari poterant, pigneranda poenae praebebant, furnished as security for the penalty, i. e. left to be confiscated, Liv. 29, 36: cujus et alveolos et laenam pignerat Atreus,
which the poet Rubrenus
,
while he was writing the Atreus
,
was compelled by necessity to pawn
,Juv. 7, 73: ancilla pignerata,Dig. 40, 5, 46: vestimenta pignorata,Vulg. Amos, 2, 8.Trop.To pledge one's life, etc.: velut obsidibus datis pigneratos habere animos,Liv. 24, 1.To bind a person or thing to one's self, to make one's own: pignerare aliquem sibi beneficio,App. M. 3, p. 134, 32: optimates viros curiae suae, Naz. Pan. ad Const. 35. With se, to pledge one's self: se cenae alicujus,
to promise to dine with one
,App. M. 3, p. 139, 4; 11, p. 269, 25.
pigneror pignĕror, ātus, 1, v. dep. a. [id.]. Lit., to take as a pledge; hence, trop., To make one's own, to appropriate (rare but class.): Mars ipse ex acie fortissimum quemque pignerari solet,Cic. Phil. 14, 12, 32: maximas ingenii, consilii partes sibi ad utilitatem suam,id. Rep. 1, 4, 8 (cited in Non. 477, 31 sq.): fidem militum praemio pigneratus,Suet. Claud. 10.To accept as certain: quod das mihi, pigneror, omen,Ov. M. 7, 621.
pignoraticius pignŏrātīcĭus, v. pigneraticius.
pignoriscapio pignŏriscăpĭo, ōnis, f.pignus-capio, a taking or seizing as a pledge, Cato ap. Gell. 7, 10, 2.
pignosa pignŏsa, v. pignus init.
pignus pignus, ŏris and ĕris (old form in plur.: pignosa pignora eodem modo quo valesii, auselii ... dicebantur,Fest. p. 213 Müll.), n.root pac-, of pango; cf. paciscor, a pledge, gage, pawn, security, mortgage (of persons as well as things). Lit.: opponere se pigneri,Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 85: ager oppositus est pignori,Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 56: servus, quem hic reliqueram Pignus pro me,Plaut. Capt. 5, 1, 19: quo facto pignore animos centurionum devinxit,Caes. B. C. 1, 39: rem alicujus pignori accipere,Tac. H. 3, 65: pignora apud se deposita persequi et vindicare,Paul. Sent. 5, 26, 4: sub pignoribus mutuas pecunias accipere,Dig. 13, 7, 12: habere aliquid pignori,ib. 20, 4, 2: liberare pignus a creditore,ib. 20, 4, 4: pignoribus cavere alicui,ib. 43, 3, 2: aurum pignori apud aliquem ponere, ib. 13, 7, 27: viginti milia faenus pignoribus positis,
income from mortgages
,Juv. 9, 141. Esp., of the security for the payment of his fine, which was taken by the consul of a senator who failed to attend in the Senate: pignus auferre,Cic. de Or. 3, 1, 4: pignoribus terreri, Crass. ib.; so, senatores pignoribus cogere,Cic. Phil. 1, 5, 12: pignora capere,Liv. 3, 38, 12; of hostages,id. 33, 22: marium pignora,
male hostages
,Suet. Aug. 21: pignus praetorium, the security which the prœtor took as a guarantee for the preservation of a thing when he put it in the possession of a creditor, or fidei commissarius, Dig. 13, 7, 26; 41, 5, 12. Esp., in phrases. Pignus capere, to take a pledge or security for payment: certis verbis pignus capiebatur,Gai. Inst. 4, 29; 26 al. Pignora capere, to issue execution, make seizure of property: Vettium, pignoribus captis, cojecit in carcerem,Suet. Caes. 17: eorum, qui debita confessi sunt, pignora capi et distrahi possunt,Paul. Sent. 5, 5 A, 4: per vim debitoris sui pignora, cum non haberet obligata, capere,id. ib. 5, 26, 4. Pignoris capio, a proceeding by which the summary collection of certain debts was secured, Gai. Inst. 4, 26 (v. Sandars ad Just. Inst. introd. § 96).Transf.The object of a wager, a wager, stake: da pignus, ni ea sit filia,
,Ov. M. 2, 38; 5, 247; 7, 497: in vultu pignora mentis habet,id. A. A. 2, 378: digito pignus fortasse dedisti,i. e.
a ring
,Juv. 6, 27. Concr. Children, parents, brothers and sisters, relatives, as pledges of love (only after the Aug. period): nunc tibi commendo communia pignora, natos,Prop. 4 (5), 11, 73.Ov. M. 11, 543: prolemque gemellam Pignora bina dedi,id. H. 6, 121: tot natos natasque et pignora cara nepotes,id. M. 3, 134: ascita pignora,Stat. S. 2, 1, 86: pignora conjugum ac liberorum,Liv. 2, 1, 5: obsecratio illa judicum, per carissima pignora, utique, si et reo sint liberi, conjux, parentes, utilis erit,Quint. 6, 1, 33: habens filiam, uxorem, nepotem, sorores, interque tot pignora veros amicos,Plin. Ep. 1, 12, 3; Tac. A. 12, 2: proxima pignora,id. ib. 15, 36: ne in conjugem, in familiam, in cetera pignora ejus saeviret,id. ib. 16, 26; id. G. 7: frangi aspectu pignorum suorum,id. Agr. 38. Hence, in gen., Any thing especially valuable or dear: si quis post pignera tanta Pompeio locus est,Luc. 7, 376.Poet. transf., a graft, scion, Pall. Insit. 109.
pigreo pī^grĕo, ēre, v. n.id., to be slow, sluggish, reluctant (ante-class.): post aetate pigret sufferre laborem, Enn. ap. Non. 219, 12 (Ann. v. 405 Vahl.): omnes gaudent facere recte, male pigrent, Att. ap. Non. 14.
pigresco pī^gresco, ĕre, v. inch. n. [pigreo], to become slow, sluggish: Nilus pigrescit,Plin. 18, 18, 47, § 168: possit pigrescere Cyllenius,Mart. Cap. 1, § 38; Ambros. Virg. 17, 110; id. in Luc. 10, § 23.
pigritas pī^grĭtas, ātis, f.piger, slothfulness, indolence: pigritas, ἀργία, Gloss. Lat. Gr.
pigritia pī^grĭtĭa, ae, and pī^grĭtĭes, ēi, f.id., sloth, sluggishness, laziness, indolence (cf.: desidia, socordia, inertia, segnities). Lit.: pigritiam definiunt metum consequentis laboris,Cic. Tusc. 4, 8, 18: propter pigritiam aut ignaviam,id. Off. 1, 29, 102: noli putare pigritiā me facere, quod non meā manu scribam,id. Att. 15, 15: et haesitatio,Petr. 85: nox Romanis pigritiem ad sequendum fecit,Liv. 44, 42, 9: lentae crimine pigritiae,Mart. 11, 79, 2.Transf. Tu das ingenuae jus mihi pigritiae, honorable repose, leisure, Mart. 12, 4, 6. Stomachi, weakness of the stomach, Sen. Prov. 3, 6.
pigritor pī^grĭtor, ātus, 1, v. freq. n. [pigror], to be slow, sluggish, tardy, Vulg. Act. 9, 38: Ὤκνησα, pigritatus sum, Gloss. Gr. Lat.
pigro pī^gro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n.piger, to be indolent, slow, dilatory (ante-class.), Lucr. 1, 410: melius pigrasse quam properasse est hoc nefas, Att. ap. Non. 154, 2 (Trag. Rel. p. 144 Rib.): cur propter haec pigrem?id. ib. 153, 32 (Trag. Rel. p. 147 Rib.).
pigror pī^gror, ātus, 1, v. dep.id., to be slow, slack, dilatory: tu scribere ne pigrere,Cic. Att. 14, 1, 2.
piguus pĭgŭus, a, um, adj.pigeo, indolent, acc. to Prisc. p. 635 P.
pila pīla, ae, f.perh. for pisula, from root pis-; v. pinso, piso, a mortar (syn. mortarium): pila, ubi triticum pinsant,Cato, R. R. 14; Ov. Ib. 573: zeae granum tunditur in pilā ligneā,Plin. 18, 11, 29, § 112: si contuderis stultum in pilā,Vulg. Prov. 27, 22: sal sordidum in pilā pisatum, Paul. ex Fest. p. 158 Müll.
pila pīlă, ae, f.for pigla, from root pag-, pig-, of pango, pe-pig-i, q. v., a pillar (syn. columna): pila, quae parietem sustentat, ab opponendo dicta est, Paul. ex Fest. p. 204 Müll.: locavit pilas pontis in Tiberim,Liv. 40, 51: salax taberna a pileatis nona fratribus pila, of the temple of Castor and Pollux,Cat. 37, 1: nulla taberna meos habeat neque pila libellos, i. e. they are not to be publicly sold (as the booksellers had their stalls around the pillars of public buildings), Hor. S. 1, 4, 71; Vitr. 6, 11: pilas operibus subdere,Sen. Q. N. 6, 302; Plin. 11, 10, 10, § 23; Mart. 7, 61, 5.Transf., a pier or mole of stone: saxea,Verg. A. 9, 711; Vitr. 5, 12; Suet. Claud. 20; Sil. 4, 297.
pila pĭla, ae (gen. sing. pilaï, Lucr. 5, 713; 720; 726), f.etym. dub.; perh. akin to Gr. πάλλω, brandish; Lat. pellere, drive; v. Corss. 1, 525 sqq., a ball, playing-ball (syn. follis). Lit.: pilā expulsim ludere, Varr. ap. Non. 104, 29: di nos quasi pilas homines habent,Plaut. Capt. prol. 22; id. Most. 1, 2, 73: pilae studio teneri,Cic. de Or. 3, 23, 88; Hor. S. 1, 5, 49: cum lapsa e manibus fugit pila,Verg. Cir. 149, Prop. 3, 12 (4, 13), 5: pila cadit aut mittentis vitio, aut accipientis . . . (pila) jactata et excepta,Sen. Ben. 2, 17, 3: pilam scite et diligenter excipere . . . apte et expedite remittere,id. ib. 2, 32, 1: pilam repetere, quae terram contigit,Petr. 27: reddere pilam,Mart. 14, 46, 2. There were four sorts of pilæ: trigonalis, paganica, follis, harpastum. Prov.: mea pila est,
,Aur. Vict. Epit. 18.Transf.The game of ball: quantum alii tribuunt alveolo, quantum pilae,Cic. Arch. 6, 13. Of any thing round, a ball or globe of any material: pilae lanuginis,Plin. 12, 10, 21, § 38: scarabaei e fimo ingentes pilas aversi pedibus volutant,id. 11, 28, 34, § 98. Of the globe of the earth (ante-class.): in terrae pila, Varr. ap. Non. 333, 25. The ancients made use of a glass or crystal ball filled with water as a burning-glass: cum addită aquā vitreae pilae sole adverso in tantum excandescunt, ut vestes exurant,Plin. 36, 26, 67, § 199; 37, 2, 10, § 28. The Roman ladies carried a crystal or amber ball to keep their hands cool, Prop. 2, 18, 60 (3, 18, 12); Mart. 11, 8. Of the ball or lump of earth which adheres to the roots of a bush when torn up, Col. 5, 9. Of the ballots or bails used by judges in voting, Prop. 4 (5), 11, 19; Ascon. Argum. Milon. fin. Of stuffed balls or human figures: pilae et effigies viriles et muliebres ex lanā Compitalibus suspendebantur in compitis. quod hunc diem festum esse deorum inferorum quos vocant Lares, putarent: quibus tot pilae, quot capita servorum; tot effigies, quot essent liberi. ponebantur, ut vivis parcerent et essent his pilis et simulacris contenti, Paul. ex Fest. p. 239 Müll. Bulls were baited by throwing similar stuffed figures at their heads, Mart. Spect. 19, 2: quantus erat cornu, cui pila taurus erat!id. ib. 9; hence, sed cui primus erat lusor dum floruit aetas, Nunc postquam desiit ludere prima pila est,id. ib. 10, 86. As these effigies were usually torn by the throwing, the term is also applied to a torn toga, Mart. 2, 43, 6. In partic.: pilae Nursicae, i. e. rapae rotundae,Mart. 13, 20, 2.
pilanus pīlānus, i, m.pilum, a triarius, one of the soldiers forming the third rank in battle: pilani pilis pugnantes, Paul. ex Fest. p. 204 Müll.: pilani triarii quoque dicti quod in acie tertio ordine extremis subsidio deponebantur,Varr. L. L. 5, § 89 Müll.; Ov. F. 3, 129.
pilaris pĭlāris, e, adj.3. pila, of or belonging to a ball: lusio,
pilarium pĭlārĭum, ii, n.2. pila, a burialplace where the ashes of the dead were deposited in cylindrical vases, Inscr. Fabr. p. 13, LII.
pilarius pĭlārĭus, ii, m.3. pila, one who performs tricks with balls, a ball-thrower, juggler, Quint. 10, 7, 11; Inscr. Orell. 2590: hierosalpinctes, pilarius,Not. Tir. 173.
pilastilus pilastilus, i, m., perh. a javelinmaker, Inscr. Murat. 538.
pilates pilates or pellates, only in nom. [cf. πελλός, pallidus], a kind of stone: lapidis genus, cujus meminit Cato originum l. V.: lapis candidior quam pilates,Fest. p. 237 Müll.
pilatim pīlātim, adv.2. pila, pillar-wise, with pillars.Lit.: pilatim aedificia agere,Vitr. 6, 11, 4.Transf., in milit. lang., in close bodies, in solid columns: sive pilatim, sive passim iter facere volebat, Asellio ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 12, 121: pilatim exercitum duxi, Scaur. ib.; cf. 1. pilo, and, under it, pilatus.
pilatrix pĭlātrix, īcis, f.2. pilo, she that robs or plunders: pilatrix pallii, Tit. ap. Non. 102, 4.
pilatus pīlātus, a, um, Part. and P. a., v. 1. pilo.
Pilatus Pīlātus, i, m., a Roman surname; esp., Pontius Pilatus, a Roman governor of Judœa, in the time of Jesus, Vulg. Matt. 27, 2 et saep.; Sedul. 5, 116.
pilentum pīlentum, i, n., an easy chariot or carriage, used by the Roman ladies, and in which the vessels, etc., for sacred rites were carried (cf. petorrita): pilentis et carpentis per urbem vehi matronis concessum est, quod, cum aurum non reperiretur, ex voto, quod Camillus voverat Apollini Delphico, contulerunt,Fest. p. 245 Müll.; cf. Liv. 5, 25: castae ducebant sacra per urbem Pilentis matres in mollibus,Verg. A. 8, 666; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 192.
pileo pīlĕo, pīlĕus, etc., v. pilleo, pilleus, etc.
pilicrepus pĭlīcrĕpus, i, m.3. pila-crepo, a ballplayer, Sen. Ep. 56, 2; Inscr. Orell. 2591; cf. Morcell. Stil. Inscr. Lat. 1, p. 454 Patav.
pilleatus pillĕātus (pīle-), a, um, adj.pilleus, covered with the pilleus or felt-cap, wearing the pilleus (this was worn in Rome at entertainments, shows, and festivals, esp. at the Saturnalia; slaves received it at their manumission as a token of freedom): pilleati aut lana alba velatis capitibus volones epulati sunt,Liv. 24, 16 fin.: rex,id. 45, 44: colonorum turba pilleatorum currum sequentium, like a general's freedmen,id. 33, 23: nec per omnia nos similes esse pilleatae turbae voluisses, i. e. the Roman populace, who wore the pilleus at the Saturnalia, Sen. Ep. 18, 3; so, pilleata Roma,Mart. 11, 6, 4: tantum gaudium (mors Neronis) publice praebuit, ut plebs pilleata totā urbe discurreret (as a sign of liberation from slavery). Suet. Ner. 57: ad Parthos procul ite pilleatos, the bonneted Parthians, of whose ordinary apparel the pilleus was a part, Mart. 10, 72, 5; cf. Aur. Vict. Caes. 13, 3; Paul. Nol. Carm. 17, 242: pilleati fratres,i. e.
Castor and Pollux
,Cat. 37, 2: pilleati servi. bonneted slaves, i. e. slaves offered for sale with a pilleus on, to indicate that the seller did not warrant them, Gell. 7, 4, 1 sqq.
pilleo pillĕo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.id, to placethe pilleus on a person's head, to bonnet him, in token of manumission: pilleari et rudem accipere possunt, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 11, 7, 4.
pilleolus pillĕŏlus, i, m., and pillĕŏlum, i, n.dim.pilleus, a small felt cap, a skull-cap: ut cum pilleolo (portes) soleas conviva tribulis,Hor. Ep. 1, 13, 15; Col. Arbor. 25; Hier. Ep. 85, n. 6; 64, n. 13.
pilleus pillĕus, i, m., and pillĕum, i, n.akin to Gr. πῖλος, with same signif.; also to pilus, a hair, a felt cap or hat, made to fit close, and shaped like the half of an egg. It was worn by the Romans at entertainments and festivals, esp. at the Saturnalia, and was given to a slave at his enfranchisement as a sign of freedom (cf. petasus). Lit.: pilleum quem habuit deripuit, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Non. 220, 14; id. Amph. 1, 1, 305: haec mera libertas, hanc nobis pillea donant,id. Pers. 5, 82. Free-born persons who had fallen into captivity also wore the pilleus for a while after the recovery of their freedom, Liv. 30, 45; 34, 52; Val. Max. 5, 2, 5 and 6. Gladiators who had often been victorious also received the pilleus at their discharge, Tert. Spect. 21. There were also leathern pillei, called Pannonian, which were worn by soldiers when off duty, in order that, by being always accustomed to wear something on their heads, the helmet might seem less burdensome, Veg. Mil. 1, 20.Meton.Liberty, freedom: servos ad pilleum vocare,
I have made myself independent by selling all my goods
,Mart. 2, 68, 4.A protector: te obsecro, Pilleum meum, mi sodalis, mea salubritas, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Non. 220, 16.The membrane which envelops the head of the fœtus, a child's caul, Lampr. Diadum. 4.
pilo pīlo, no perf., ātum, 1, v. a., = πιλέω, qs. to ram down; hence, in gen., to thrust home (ante-class. and rare): hastam pilans prae pondere frangit, Host. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 12, 121 (pilans id est figens, Serv.). Hence, pīlātus, a, um, P. a., closepressed, thick, dense = densus, pressus. Lit.: pilatum (agmen), quod sine jumentis incedit, sed inter se densum est, quo facilius per iniquiora loca tramittatur, Varr. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 12, 121: inde loci liquidas pilatasque aetheris oras Contemplor, Enn. ib. (firmas et stabiles significat et quasi pilis fultas, Serv.; cf. Enn. p. 155 Vahl.).Trop.: sententia praesto pectore pilata, Hostius ap. Serv. Verg. A. 12, 121 (id est fixa, Serv.).
pilo pĭlo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a. [1. pilus]. Neutr., to put forth hairs, to grow hairy: pilat pilos habere incipit, ahas pro detrahit pilos, a quo depilati, Paul. ex Fest. p. 204 Müll.: pilare dictum est, ut plumare, pilis vestiri,Non. 39, 25: corpus meum nunc pilare primum coepit,Afran. 39, 27; Nov. 39, 28.Act. (cf. ψιλόω). Lit., to deprive of hair, make bald, depilate: nates,Mart. 6, 56, 4: uxores,id. 12, 32, 33.Transf., to plunder, pillage (very rare, and not ante-Aug.; whereas compilare is class.): castra inimica,Amm. 31, 2, 8: villas,id. 31, 5, 8: pilati caesique,id. 14, 2, 3: malam parram pilavit,Petr. 43, 4 dub.
pilum pīlum, i, n.for pis-lum, cf. piso, 1. pila, etc., a pounder, pestle of a mortar. Lit.: pilum fabarium,Cato, R. R. 10; 18: quasi tollenonem aut pilum Graecum reciproces planā viā, a pounder, in using which, one side was raised while the other was depressed, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Fest. s v. reciprocare, p. 274 Müll.: pinsente pilo praeferrato,Plin. 18, 10, 23, § 97: pilo contusum,Vulg. Exod. 27, 20.Transf., the heavy javelin of the Roman infantry, which they hurled at the enemy at the commencement of the action, and then took to their swords: (caput) adfixum gestari jussit in pilo,Cic. Phil. 11, 2, 5: pilum, haud paulo quam hasta, vehementius ictu missuque telum,Liv. 9, 19; cf. Veg. Mil. 2, 15: milites e loco superiore pilis missis facile hostium phalangem perfregerunt,Caes. B. G. 1, 25: pilorum hastarumque honore circumdatus,Plin. Pan. 56, 5: in imperatorem suum legiones pila torserunt,Sen. Ira, 3, 2, 4; cf. Tac. A. 15, 7: pilum praepilatum, having a blunt or rounded end, Auct. B. Afr. 72. They were also used in sieges, being hurled at the enemy from the walls; these were called pila muralia,Caes. B. G. 5, 40; Tac. A. 4, 51. Prov.: pilum inicere alicui,
to make an attack on one
,Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 43. Vis certe pila, i. e. to be primipilus of the triarii or veterans who carried two javelins each, Juv. 10, 94; v. Dict. of Antiq. p. 104.
pilumnoe poploe pilumnoe poploein carmine Saliari Romani, velut pilis uti assueti, vel quia praecipue pellant hostes, Fest. p. 205 Müll. [the former is undoubtedly the correct derivation; the singular still occurs in Pilumnus; v. h. v. sub Picumnus].
Pilumnus Pīlumnus, i, m., v. Picumnus.
pilus pĭlus, i, m., a hair (syn.: villus, seta). Lit.: capra pilos ministrat ad usum nauticum,Varr. R. R. 2, 11: munitae sunt palpebrae vallo pilorum,Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 143: caudae pilos equinae vellere,Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 45: duris aspera crura pilis,Ov. A. A. 3, 194: contra pilum equum fricare, Pelag. Vet. 26: in capite homini plurimus pilus,Plin. 11, 37, 47, § 130. Prov.: non minus molestum est calvis quam comatis pilos velli,Sen. Tranq. An. 8, 2, 3: propius quidem est a sole mons quam campus aut valles, sed sic, quomodo est pilus pilo crassior,Sen. Q. N. 4, 11, 4.Transf. Collect., hair, the hair: fruticante pilo neglecta et squalida crura,Juv. 9, 15. As a designation of insignificance, a hair, a trifle; usually joined with a negative, not a hair, not a bit, not a whit (class.): ego ne pilo quidem minus me amabo,Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 16, 5: interea e Cappadociā ne pilum quidem,id. Att. 5, 20, 6: ne ullum pilum viri boni habere dicatur,
pilus pīlus, i, m.pilum, regularly joined with primus: primus pilus (in the gen. written also as one word, primipili), the division of the triarii in the Roman army: P. Sextius Baculus, primi pili centurio,Caes. B. G. 3, 5; id. B. C. 1, 13: T. Balventius, qui superiore anno primum pilum duxerat, had been leader, captain of the triarii, id. B. G. 5, 35; Liv. 42, 34, 11: aliquem ad primum pilum transducere, to transfer, advance to the triarii, Caes. B. C. 3, 53, 5: primos pilos ademit, took the command of the triarii, of the primipili, Suet. Calig. 44: vetus consuetudo tenuit, ut ex primo principe legionis promeretur centurio primi pili, qui non solum aquilae praeerat, verum etiam quatuor centurias in primā acie gubernabat,Veg. Mil. 2, 8. Without primus: referes pili praemia,Mart. 6, 58, 10; 1, 32, 3.Transf.: primipilus (in inscrr. also written PRIMOPIL, and abbrev. P. P.), the chief centurion of the triarii (the transf. arose from the circumstance that the chief centurion of this division was originally designated by the term primi pili, with the omission of the easily supplied centurio, as is shown by the following citation from Liv. 7, 41, 5; soon, however, from primi pili, a new word, primipilus or primopilus, was formed): primus centurio erat, quem nunc primi pili appellant,Liv. 7, 41, 5; 8, 8, 16: primipilo P. Sext. Baculo vulneribus confecto,Caes. B. G. 2, 25: aquilarum altera vix convelli a primipilo potuit,Val. Max. 1, 6, 11; Inscr. (of the time of Trajan) Orell. 799: SEX. AVLIENO SEX. F. PRIMOPIL. II., Inscr. (of the time of Tiberius or Caligula) Orell. 3426 M. P.; cf. Becker, Antiq. 3, 3, p. 264.
Pimpleis Pimplēis (Piplēis), ĭdis and ĭdos, adj. f., = Πιμπληϊς, of or belonging to Pimpla (a place and fountain in Pieria sacred to the Muses, now Litokhoro), Pimplean; hence, as subst., The territory around Pimpla: si riguam laetis recolis Pimpleida Musis,i. e.
if you devote yourself to the Muses
,
compose poetry
,Aus. Ep. 14, 9. (Sc. Musa.) A Muse: Musae ab terrestribus locis aliis cognominatae Libethrides, Pimpleides, Thespiades, Heliconides,Varr. L. L. 7, § 20 Müll.: Pimpleides Musae a fonte Macedoniae dictae propter liquoris ejus unicam subtilitatem, Paul. ex Fest. p. 212 Müll.; Mart. 11, 3, 1.
Pimpleus Pimplēus (Piplēus), a, um, adj., Pimplean (v. Pimpleis); hence, sacred to the Muses: mons,Cat. 105, 1: antrum,Mart. 12, 11, 3. Subst.: Pimplēa (Pi-plēa), ae, f.A Muse: necte meo Lamiae coronam, Pimplea dulcis,Hor. C. 1, 26, 9.The fountain of Pimpla, Stat. S. 1, 4, 25.
Pimplias Pimplī^ăs, ădis, f., = Πιμπλιάς, a Pimpliad (v. Pimpleis), i. e. a Muse (in later poetry for the more usual Pimpleis): hic et Pimpliadas induxerat optimus Orpheus,Sid. Carm. 10, 17; 22, 77.
Pinarius Pīnārĭus, i, m., the name of a Roman sacerdotal family. The Pinarii and Potitii presided at the celebration of certain sacred rites in honor of Hercules, originally instituted by Evander and re-established by Romulus. The Pinarii having on one occasion arrived after the exta were consumed, it was ordained that, as long as the family remained, they should not partake of the exta, Liv. 1, 7, 12 sqq.; 9, 29, 9 sqq.; Macr. S. 1, 12, 28; Fest. p. 237 Müll. Hence, Pīnārĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Pinarii, Pinarian: Pinaria domus,Verg. A. 8, 270: Pinaria gens,Aur. Vict. Orig. Gent. R. 8: Pinaria tribus, Fest. s. v. popilia, p. 233 Müll.
pinastellus pīnastellus, i, m., and -um, i, n.pinus, a plant, also called peucedanum, App. Herb. 94.
pinaster pīnaster, tri, m.id., a wild pine: pinaster nihil aliud est, quam pinus silvestris,Plin. 16, 10, 16, § 38.
pinax pĭnax, ăcis, m., = πίναξ, a picture on a wooden tablet, a picture: Pinax Cebetis,
the title of a work by the Theban philosopher Cebes
,Tert. adv. Haeret. 39.
pincerna pincerna, ae, m., = πιγκέρνης (v. Du Cange, Gloss. Graec. s. h. v.; prop. one who mixes drinks; hence, in gen.), a cupbearer, butler (post-class.), Ascon. Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 26; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 41; Hier. Quaest. in Gen. 40, 1; Inscr. Orell. 2881; Vulg. Gen. 40, 1; id. 2 Esdr. 1, 11.
Pincius Pincĭus, i, m., the name of a Roman gens, Grut. 352, 5. Perh. after them was named the Mons Pincius, the eighth hill of Rome, situate outside the city, but enclosed by the Aurelian wall; called, at an earlier period, Collis hortorum, now Monte Pincio. Hence, Pincĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Mons Pincius, Pincian: domus,Cassiod. Var. 3, 10.
Pindarus Pindărus, i, m., = Πίνδαρος. Pindar, a celebrated lyric poet of Thebes, contemporary with Æschylus, Hor. C. 4, 2, 1; Quint. 10, 1, 61; Cic. Fin. 2, 34, 115; Sen. Q. N. 6, 26, 3. Hence, Pindărĕ-us, a, um, adj., Pindaric: Pindaream chelyn referre,Mart. Cap. 2, § 119.Pin-dărĭcus, a, um, adj., Pindaric: Camenae,Hor. C. 4, 9, 6: fons,id. Ep. 1, 3, 10: Pindaricos modos,Mart. 8, 18, 6; Ov. P. 4, 16, 28: os,Prop. 3, 15, 40: Pindaricum metrum, consisting of a trimeter brachycatalectus (e. g. medium rapido mare Tibris adit fluvio), Serv. Centimetr. p. 1822 P.Name of a slave, Cic. Att. 16, 1, 5; Inscr. Murat. 619, 2.The freedman who held the sword upon which Cassius fell at Philippi, Val. Max. 6, 8, 4.
Pindenissus Pindĕnissus, i, m., or -um, i, n., a fortified town in Cilicia, taken by Cicero, Cic. Att. 5, 20, 5; 6, 1, 9; id. Fam. 2, 10, 3; 15, 4, 10. Hence, Pindĕnissae, ārum, m., the inhabitants of Pindenissus, Cic. Att. 5, 20, 1.
pingo 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,
,Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 11.Transf.To paint, stain, color with any thing (mostly poet.): palloribus omnia pingunt,Lucr. 4, 311; 2, 375: sanguineis frontem moris et tempora pingit,Verg. E. 6, 22; 2, 50; Mart. 14, 5, 2: multas facies,Juv. 9, 146: oculos,id. 2, 94; so, oculos stibio,Vulg. Jer. 4, 30. Esp., to tattoo: Agathyrsi ora artusque pingunt iisdem omnes notis, et sic ut ablui nequeunt,Mel. 2, 1, 10: membraque qui ferro gaudet pinxisse Gelonus,Claud. in Ruf. 1, 313.To adorn, decorate, embellish: herbas floribus,Lucr. 5, 1396: bibliothecam aliquā re,Cic. Att. 4, 5, 3: stellis pingitur aether,Sen. Med. 310.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.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.
pinguamen pinguāmen, ĭnis, n.pinguis, fat, Cypr. adv. Jud. 1, 16; cf. pinguamen, λίπος, Gloss. Gr. Lat.
pinnicillum pinnĭcillum, i, n., for penicillum. Pall. Mart. 1.
pinniger pinnĭger, gĕra, gĕrum, adj.1. pinnagero, feather-bearing, i. e. feathered, winged.Lit.: pinnigero, non armigero in corpore tela exercentur, i. e. against birds, Att. ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 33, 1 (Trag. Rel. p. 176 Rib.): amor,Lucr. 5, 1074. Transf, having fins, finny: piscis,Ov. M. 13, 963; Coripp. Johann. 4, 981.
pinnipotens pinnĭpŏtens, v. pennipotens.
pinnirapus pinnĭrăpus, i, m.1. pinna-rapio, a peak-snatcher, i. e. a gladiator, Juv. 3, 158; cf.: pinnirapos autem dicit, lanistas ex habitu gladiatorum, quia post mortem retiarii pinnam, id est manicam rapit, ut ostendat populo se vicisse, Vet. Schol. ad loc.
pinophylax pīnŏphylax, ăcis, m., = πιννοφύλαξ, a species of crab, called also pinoteres, Plin. 9, 42, 66, § 142.
pinoteres pīnŏtēres and pīnŏthēres (less correctly pinno-), ae, m., = πιννοτήρης or πιννοθήρης, the pinna-guard, a species of crab found in the shell of the pina, and fabled to keep watch over it, Cic. Fin. 3, 19, 63; Plin. 9, 31, 51, § 98; 32, 11, 53, § 150.
pinso pinso (pīso), pinsi and pinsŭi, pinsum, pinsĭtum, and pistum (pisatum, Fest. p. 158 Müll.), 3 (also in Varr. R. R. 1, 63 fin., the reading is pinsatur; archaic form of the imperf. pinsibant, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 5, § 23 Müll.; v. Enn. p. 147 fin. Vahl.), v. a. [πίσσω, πτίσσω], to beat, pound, bray, crush: pinsunt terram genibus, Enn. ap. Diom. p. 370 P. (Ann. v. 354 Vahl.): flagro,
pio pĭo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.pius. To seek to appease, to appease, propitiate by sacrifice (syn. place).Lit.: Silvanum lacte piabant,Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 143: ossa,Verg. A. 6, 379: busta (i.e. Manes),Ov. M. 13, 515: Janus Agonali luce piandus erit,id. F. 1, 318.Transf.To honor with religious rites, to celebrate: ubi piem Pietatem,Plaut. As. 3, 1, 3: aras ture,Prop. 3, 10 (4, 9), 19: in magicis astra piare focis,
to perform sacred rites
,id. 1, 1, 20.To purify with sacred rites (syn.: procuro, lustro): si quid tibi piandum fuisset,Cic. Dom. 51.To make or seek to make good, to atone for, expiate: damna,Ov. A. A. 3, 160: mors morte pianda est,id. M. 8, 483: fulmen,
to avert by sacrifice the misfortune portended by lightning
pipatio pīpātĭo, ōnis, f.pipo, a piping, chirping, whimpering: pipatio clamor plorantis linguā Oscorum, Paul. ex Fest. p. 212 Müll.
pipatus pīpātus, ūs, m.id., a peeping, piping, chirping: pullorum,Varr. L. L. 7, § 103 Müll.
piper pĭper, pĭpĕris, n., = πέπερι (Sanscr. pippali or pippalī, the same), pepper.Lit., Plin. 12, 7, 14, § 26 sq.; Cels. 2, 27: et piper et quicquid chartis amicitur ineptis,Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 270; Ov. A. A. 2, 417; Juv. 14, 293: rugosum piper,Pers. 5, 55: sacrum piper, a term intimating that the miser is as sparing of it as if it were something sacred,id. 6, 21.Trop., of sharp, biting speech: piper, non homo,Petr. 44; Hier. Ep. 31, n. 2.
piperatarius pĭpĕrātārĭus, a, um, adj.piper, containing pepper (late Lat.): horrea piperataria, Hier. in Chron. Euseb. ad a. XCII. p. Chr. n.
piperatorium pĭpĕrātōrĭum, ii, n.piper, a silver dish to hold pepper, a pepper-box: vasis argenteis legatis, continentur ... piperatoria,Paul. Sent. 3, 6, 86.
piperatus pĭpĕrātus, a, um, adj.id., peppered, seasoned with pepper.Lit.: garum piperatum,Petr. 36: acetum,Col. 12, 47, 5.Subst.: pĭpĕrātum, i, n., peppersauce, Cels. 4, 19; Apic. 3, 14.Trop., peppery, pungent: piperata facundia,Sid. Ep. 5, 8; 8, 11.Sharp, thievish: non fuit Autolyci tam piperata manus,Mart. 8, 59, 4.
piperitis pĭpĕrītis, is and ĭdis, f., = πεπερῖτις, pepperwort, prob. Indian pepper: piperitis, quam et siliquastrum appellavimus,Plin. 20, 17, 66, § 174; 19, 12, 62, § 187.
pipilo pīpĭlo, āre, v. n.pipio, to peep, pip, chirp: ad solam dominam usque pipilabat (passer),Cat. 3, 10; Poët. ap. Anth. Lat. t. 2, p. 294 Burm.
pipio pīpĭo, āre, v. n., to pip, chirp, whimper: infantes pipiantes,Tert. Monog. 16: imbres pipiavit,id. adv. Valent. 15.
pipio pīpĭo, īre, v. n., to peep, pip, chirp: aviarius auscultetur, si (pulli) pipiant,Col. 8, 5, 14; Auct. Carm. Philom. 30.
pipio pīpĭo, ōnis, m., a young piping or chirping bird, a squab: servos habuit vectigales qui eos (palumbes) ex ovis et pullicenis ac pipionibus alerent,
from the produce of the eggs and chickens
,Lampr. Alex. Sever. 41.
pipizo pīpizo, ōnis, m.pipio, the young of the crane, Hier. Ep. 22, n. 28.
pipo pīpo, āre, v. n., to peep, pip, chirp: mugit bos, balat ovis, equi hinniunt, gallina pipat, Varr. ap. Non. 156, 25; of the hawk, Auct. Carm. Philom. 24.
pipulum pīpŭlum, i, n., and pīpŭlus, i, m.pipo, a peeping, piping, chirping; hence, A whimpering, crying: filioli,Front. Ep. ad Anton. 1, 3 Mai.An outcry, upbraiding: te pipulo hic differam ante aedes,Plaut. Aul. 3, 2, 32; cf.: pipulo te differam id est convicio, declinatum a pipatu pullorum,Varr. L. L. 7, § 103 Müll.: pipulo poscere, Cn. Matius ap. Gell. 20, 9, 4.
Piraceus Pīraceus (trisyll.) and Pīraeus, i, m., = Πειραιεύς; also Pīraea, ōrum, n. (poet.), the celebrated port of Athens, about five Roman miles from the city, with which it was connected by long walls; the Pirœus, now Porto Dracone or Porto Leone: In Piraeea cum exissem,Cic. Att. 6, 9, 1: venio ad Piraeea: in quo magis reprehendendus sum, quod homo Romanus Piraeea scripserim, non Piraeeum (sic enim omnes nostri locuti sunt), quam in quod addiderim: non enim hoc ut oppido praeposui, sed ut loco ... Secutus sum Terentium (Eun. 3, 4, 1): heri aliquot adulescentuli coimus in Piraeeum,Cic. Att. 7, 3, 10: curre in Piraeum,Plaut. Trin. 4, 4, 11: ex Piraeeo abire,Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 59: Piraeeus ille magnificus,Cic. Rep. 3, 32, 44; id. Brut. 13, 51: e litoribus Piraei,Cat. 64, 74: Piraeeus et Phalera portuus,Plin. 4, 7, 11, § 24; Vell. 2, 23, 3. In neutr.: Sunion expositum Piraeaque tuta recessu Linquit,Ov. F. 4, 563. Hence, Pīraeus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Pirœus, Pirœan: Piraea litora,Ov. M. 6, 446: litus,Sil. 13, 754: portus,Prop. 3 (4), 21, 23.
piracium pĭrācĭum, ii, n.pirum, perry, Hier. adv. Jovin. 2, n. 5; Ven. Vit. S. Radeg. 15.
Pirene Pīrēnē, ēs, f., = Πειρήνη, a fountain in the citadel of Corinth (Acrocorinthus), which sprung up from a blow of the hoof of Pegasus; hence sacred to the Muses, Plin. 4, 4, 5; Plaut. Aul. 3, 6, 23; Stat. S. 1, 4, 25: Heliconidasque pallidamque Pirenen,Pers. prol. 4. Hence, Pīrēnis, ĭdis, f.adj., = Πειρηνίς, of or belonging to Pirene, Pirenian: Ephyre,i. e.
Pirithous Pīrĭthŏus, i, m., = Πειρίθοος, son of Ixion, king of the Lapithœ, husband of Hippodamia, and friend of Theseus. After the death of Hippodamia, he descended, in company with Theseus, to the infernal regions, to carry away Proserpine; but was, together with Theseus, seized and detained in chains. Theseus was afterwards delivered by Hercules, who vainly endeavored to save Pirithoüs also, Ov. M. 8, 302 sq.: amatorem trecentae Pirithoum cohibent catenae,Hor. C. 3, 4, 79; 4, 7, 28: Aegidae Pirithoique fides,Ov. P. 2, 6, 26.
Pisa Pīsa, ae, and, less freq., Pīsae, ārum, f., = Πῖσα, a city of Elis, on the Alphēus, near which the Olympic games were celebrated: aut Alphea rotis praelabi flumina Pisae,Verg. G. 3, 180: Pisa,Ov. Ib. 327; Stat. Th. 4, 238: Pisae Oenomai,Mel. 2, 3, 4. Hence, Pīsaeus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Pisa, Pisœan: Arethusa, so called because, acc. to the myth, it rose in Elis,Ov. M. 5, 409: hasta,
of Oenomăus
,
king of Elis
,id. Am. 3, 2, 15: Pisaeā lege trementem currere et Oenomai fremitus audire sequentis,i. e.
the law by which any one who demanded Hippodamia in marriage
,
was compelled to contend in the chariot-race with her father Oenomaus
,
and
,
if defeated
,
was put to death
,Stat. S. 1, 2, 41: Pisaeique tori legem,Nemes. Cyn. 23: Pisaeae ramus olivae,Juv. 13, 99: praemia, prizes, Att. ap. Prisc. p. 698 P.: annus,
Pisae Pīsae, ārum, f., a very ancient eity of Etruria, a colony of Pisa in Elis, still called Pisa: Alpheae ab origine Pisae, urbs Etrusca solo,Verg. A. 10, 179 Serv.; Just. 20, 1, 11; Luc. 2, 401; Liv. 21, 39. Hence, Pīsānus, a, um, adj., Pisan: ager,Liv. 39, 2. In plur.: Pīsāni, ōrum, m., the Pisans, Liv. 40, 43. ‡ Pīsas, ātis, adj., Pisatic, Pisan, Inscr. Orell. 4048.Pīsātĭlis, e, adj., born at Pisa (for Pisanus), found in Naev., acc. to Fest. p. 210 Müll. (prob. Latinized from the Greek form Πισάτης).
Pisander Pīsander, dri, m., = Πείσανδρος, son of Polyctor, and one of Penelope's suitors, Ov. H. 1, 91.
Pisanus Pīsānus, a, um, v. Pisae, A.
Pisas Pīsas, ātis, v. Pisae, B.
Pisatilis Pīsātĭlis, e, v. Pisae, C.
pisatio pīsātĭo, ōnis, f.piso, a stamping, crushing (al. spissatio), Sen. Ep. 86, 17.
,Cic. Brut. 78, 271; Plin. 7, 39, 40, § 128. In plur.: Pisaurenses, ĭum, m., the Pisaurians, Inscr. Grut. 276, 3; 481, 9; 1085, 12. ‡ Pisaurĭus, ii, m., name of a slave liberated by the city of Pisaurum, Inscr. Fabr. p. 438, n. 17.
piscarius piscārĭus, a, um, adj.piscis, of or belonging to fishing or fish, fish-: copia piscaria,Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 65: forum piscarium,
the fish-market
,id. Curc. 4, 1, 13: hamulus,id. Stich. 2, 1, 17.Subst.piscārĭus, ii, m., a fish-monger: nullus in piscariā piscis erat: inter piscarios nemo vendebat, Varr. in Perott. in Cornucop.piscārĭa, ae, f., fish-market, Varr. Fragm. v.supra; Dig. 50, 16, 17.
,id. 24, 9, 40, § 65: forum,Col. 8, 17, 15: piscatorii ludi vocantur, qui quotannis mense Junio trans Tiberim fieri solent a praetore urbano pro piscatoribus Tiberinis,Fest. p. 238 Müll.; cf. Ov. F. 6, 239: piscatorium aes vetusto more appellatur, quod in monte Albano datur pro piscibus,Fest. p. 210 Müll.
piscatrix piscātrix, īcis, f.id., she that fishes: rana, quae in mari piscatrix vocatur,Plin. 9, 42, 67, § 143; Inscr. Gud. 192, 8.
piscatura piscātūra, ae, f.piscor, a fishing (post-class. for piscatus), Tert. adv. Marc. 4, 9.
piscatus piscātus, ūs (gen. piscati, Pompon. et Turp. ap. Non. 488, 16 sq.), m.id.. Lit., a fishing, catching of fish: hamatilis et saxatilis,Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 10; 4, 2, 6 sq.: esse et in piscatu voluptatem maxime testudinum,Plin. 6, 22, 24, § 91. In plur.: quos venatus, aucupia, piscatusque alebant,Plin. 8, 16, 17, § 44. Fig., a catch (of a mistress): piscatus hic tibi evenit bonus,Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 70. Transf., concr., fishes, fish: parare piscatum,Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 63; 3, 2, 41: privare piscatu,Vitr. 8, 3, 28: inopia tum erat piscati, Turp. ap. Non. 1. 1.: omne piscati genus, Pompon. ap. Non. 1. 1.; Cic. Fin. 2, 8, 23.
piscicapus piscĭcăpus, i, m.piscis-capio, a fish-catcher, fisher, Inscr. Orell. 3700, c.
Pisciculus Piscĭcŭlus, i, m., a Roman surname: Junius Pisciculus,Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 39.
piscina piscīna, ae, f.piscis, a pond in which fish are kept, a fish-pond.Lit.: piscinarum genera sunt duo, dulcium et salsarum,Varr. R. R. 3, 17, 2; 3, 3, 2; 5; 10; Col. 1, 6, 21; 8, 17: in piscinam rete qui parat,Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 12; Cic. Par. 5, 2, 38; id. Att. 2, 1, 7. Esp., Piscina publica, the public fish-pond at the Porta Capena: praetores tribunalia ad Piscinam publicam posuerunt,Liv. 23, 32, 4; cf. Fest. infra, II. A. Transf. (post-Aug.). A pond for bathing or swimming, whether of warm or cold water; a basin, pool, Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 23: cohaeret calida piscina, ex quā natantes mare aspiciunt,id. ib. 2, 17, 11; Sen. Ep. 86, 5; Suet. Ner. 27; Lampr. Elag. 19; piscinam peto, non licet natare,Mart. 3, 44, 13; Vulg. Cant. 7, 4; id. Johan. 5, 2: piscinae publicae hodieque nomen manet, ipsa non exstat, ad quam et natatum et exercitationis alioqui causā veniebat populus,Fest. p. 213 Müll. Of a pond where cattle might bathe and drink: piscinae pecoribus instruantur,Col. 1, 5, 2; 1, 6, 21.A flood-gate, sluice, lock, Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 53.A cistern, tank, reservoir: piscinae ligneae,Plin. 34, 12, 32, § 123: Probatica piscina,Vulg. Johan. 5, 2.
piscinalis piscīnālis, e, adj.piscina, of or belonging to a bath: cellae,
bathing-rooms
,Pall. 1, 40, 4.
piscinarius piscīnārĭus, a, um, adj.id., of or belonging to fish-ponds: macellum,Varr. R. R. 3, 17 ex conject. Ponted.; v. Schneid. ad loc.Subst.: piscīnārĭus, ii, m., one fond of fish-ponds, Cic. Att. 1, 19, 6; 1, 20, 3; Macr. S. 1, 11.
piscinensis piscīnensis, e, adj.id., of or belonging to fish-ponds: pugil est, Lucil. ap. Fest. s. v. piscinae, p. 213 Müll.
piscis piscis, is, m.etym. dub.; cf. Angl. -Sax. fisk, Germ. Fisch, a fish.Lit.: ubi lanigerum pecus piscibus pascit, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. s. v. cyprio, p. 59 Müll. (Sat. v. 42 Vahl.); id. ap. App. Mag. p. 299 (Heduph. v. 5 Vahl.); Plaut. As. 1, 3, 26; id. Truc. 2, 3, 1: pisces ut saepe minutos magnu' comest, Varr. ap. Non. 81, 11: etsi pisces ut aiunt, ova cum genuerunt, relinquunt,Cic. N. D. 2, 51, 129; Hor. C. 4, 3, 19; Juv. 4, 72.Sing. collect.: pisce vehi quaedam (natarum videntur),Ov. M. 2, 13; Plin. 11, 53, 116, § 281: lacus piscem suggerit,Plin. Ep. 2, 8, 1; so, piscis femina,Ov. A. A. 2, 482.Transf., as a constellation. Pisces, the Fishes, a constellation consisting of 34 stars. Acc. to the myth, Cupid and Venus, during the war of the Titans, were carried for safety across the Euphrales by fishes, who were on this account placed among the stars, Ov. F. 2, 458; Hyg. Astr. 2, 30; 3, 29; Col. 11, 2, 24; 63; cf. nodus, I. B. 7. Piscis major, Avien. Arat. 806. Prob. the same constellation, in the southern heavens, which Verg. G. 4, 234, calls Piscis aquosus; cf. Manil. 1, 428.
piscor piscor, ātus, 1, v. dep. n. [piscis], to fish: ut ante suos hortulos piscarentur,Cic. Off. 3, 14, 58: piscemur, venemur,Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 57: animi laxandi causā piscabatur hamo,Suet. Aug. 83: piscatus est rete aurato,id. Ner. 30: retia in piscando durantia,Plin. 19, 1, 2, § 15: vado piscari,Vulg. Johan. 21, 3. Prov.: piscari in aëre,
to give one's self useless trouble
,
to labor in vain
,Plaut. As. 1, 1, 86: piscari aureo hamo, to risk more than the game is worth: minima commoda non minimo sectantis discrimine similes aiebat esse aureo hamo piscantibus, cujus abrupti damnum nullā capturā pensari potest,Suet. Aug. 25 fin.
pisculentus piscŭlentus, a, um, adj.id., full of fishes, abounding in fish (ante- and postclass.): fluvius, Cato ap. Non. 151, 7 sq.: loca,Plaut. Rud. 4, 2, 2: promuntorium omnibus mari nantibus pisculentissimum,Sol. 5, 6.Subst.: piscŭlentum, i, n., a remedy prepared from fish, App. Mag. p. 294, 40.
Pisida Pī^sī^da, ae, m., a Pisidian; usually Pī^sī^dae, ārum (old orthog. Peisidae, Plebis. Therm.), m., = Πισίδαι, Pisidians, a people of Taurus, in Asia Minor, bordering on the Phrygians, Mel. 1, 2, 5; Cic. Leg. 2, 13, 33; id. Div. 1, 1, 2; 1, 15, 25; 1, 41, 92; id. Att. 6, 5, 3; Liv. 35, 13; Claud. in Eutr. 2, 241. In sing., Cic. Div. 1, 47, 105. Collect.: Pisida ferox,Avien. Perieg. 1023. Hence, Pī^sī^dĭa, ae, f., = Πισιδία, the country of the Pisidians, Pisidia, Liv. 37, 54 and 56.Pī^sī^dĭcus, a, um, adj., Pisidian: iris,Plin. 21, 7, 19, § 42.
pisinnus pĭsinnus, a, um, adj., small, little; only as subst.: pĭsinni, ōrum, m., little ones, children: crudum manduces Priamum Priamique pisinnos, Labeo ap. Schol. Pers. 1, 4.
Pisinuus Pisĭnŭus, i, f., an ancient town in Galatia, prob. the same with Pessinus (Gr. Πεσσινοῦς), q. v., Plin. 5, 32, 42, § 146.
Piso Pīso, ōnis, m., a Roman surname in the gens Calpurnia; v. Calpurnius,Cic. Font. 13, 39; Juv. 5, 109. Hence, Pīsōnĭ-ānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Piso, Pisonian: Pisoniana conjuratio,Suet. Ner. 36: Pisoniano vitio, cum loqui nesciret, tacere non potuit (with reference to Cic. Pis. 1, 1, where Cicero charges Piso with lack of eloquence), Hier. Ep. 69, 2.
pissoceros pissŏcēros, i, m., = πισσόκηρος, pitch-wax, work of pitch and wax, the second foundation of the honey-comb: prima fundamenta commosin vocant periti, secunda pissoceron, tertia propolin,Plin. 11, 7, 6, § 16.
pistacium pistācĭum, ii, and pistācĕum,, i, n., = πιστάκιον, the fruit of the pistachiotree, a pistachio-nut, Plin. 13, 5, 10, § 51; Pall. 11, 12, 3; id. Insit. 157.
pistillum pistillum, i, n., and pistillus, i, m., a pounder, pestle of a mortar, Plaut. Aul. 1, 2, 17: semen sinapis in mortarium conicito et pistillis conterito,Col. 12, 55; Plin. 34, 18, 50, § 169: pistillum grande est, Auct. ap. Non. 221, 5 (yet pastillum appears to be the more correct reading).
pisto pisto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. a.piso, pinso, to pound (late Lat.), Veg. Vet. 1, 32: herba senecion pistatā cum axungiā,App. Herb. 75.
pistolochia pistŏlŏchĭa, v. plistolochia.
pistor pistor, ōris, m.pinso; root in Sanscr. pish-, to crush; cf. Gr. πτίσσω, one who pounds corn in a mortar or grinds it in a hand-mill, a miller (only so in Plaut.). Lit.: nec pistorem ullum nossent, nisi eum, qui in pistrino pinseret farinam (far?), Varr. ap. Non. 152, 14; cf. id. ib. 16: pistores tantum eos qui far pinserunt nominatos, At. Cap. ap. Plin. 18, 11, 28, § 107; Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 27; id. Trin. 2, 4, 6; Gell. 3, 3, 14.Transf., a baker (class.): pistores Romae non fuere ad Persicum usque bellum ... ipsi panem faciebant Quirites, mulierum id opus erat,Plin. 18, 11, 28, § 107: ut tuus pistor bonum faceret panem, etc., Varr. ap. Gell. 15, 19, 2; Suet. Caes. 48: mitto hasce artes vulgares, coquos, pistores, lecticarios,Cic. Rosc. Am. 46, 134; id. Fin. 2, 8, 23; id. Arch. 46, 134; Sen. Ep. 15, 3, 24; Vulg. Gen. 40, 1. At Rome the bakers formed a separate guild, Inscr. Don. cl. 9, n. 11; Inscr. Grut. 81, 10; 255, 1; Dig. 3, 4, 1; 27, 1, 46.A surname of Jupiter, because, when the Romans were besieged in the Capitol, he gave them the idea of hurling bread, as though they had an abundance of it, at the besieging Gauls, Ov. F. 6, 350; 394; Lact. 1, 20.Pastry-cooks were also called pistores, Mart. 11, 31, 8; 14, 222; Petr. 60.
pistoricus pistōrĭcus, a, um, a false reading for pistorius, Dig. 32, 1, 73 al.
Pistorium Pistōrĭum, ii, n., a city in Etruria, where Catiline was defeated and slain, the modern Pistoia, Plin. 3, 5, 8, § 52. Hence, Pistōriensis, e, adj., of or belonging to Pistorium, Pistorian: ager. Sall. C. 57, 1: milites Pistorienses, with a play upon the word pistor,Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 58.
pistorius pistōrĭus, a, um, adj.pistor, of or belonging to a baker, baker's: opus pistorium,
pistrinarius pistrīnārĭus, ĭi, m.pistrinum, the manager of a pounding-mill, a miller, Dig. 16, 3, 1.
pistrinensis pistrīnensis, e, adj.id., of or belonging to a pounding-mill, mill-: jumenta,Suet. Calig. 39.
pistrinum pistrīnum (pristrīnum, Plaut. Pers. 3, 3, 15 Ritschl; id. Ps. 5, 1, 9 Fleck.), i, n.pistor, a place where corn is pounded, a pounding-mill, mill; usually worked by horses or asses; but sometimes a lazy or otherwise bad slave was forced to perform this labor (cf. mola). Lit.: ut ferratus in pistrino aetatem conteras,Plaut. Bacch. 4, 6, 11: in pistrinum tradi,id. Most. 1, 1, 16: in pristrino credo, ut convenit fore,id. Ps. 5, 1, 9: te in pistrinum, Dave, dedam usque ad necem,Ter. And. 1, 2, 28: oratorem in judicium, tamquam in aliquod pistrinum, detrudi et compingi videbam,Cic. de Or. 1, 11, 46; Pall. 1, 42. As a term of reproach, of bad slaves: pristrinorum civitas,Plaut. Pers. 3, 3, 15.Transf. Because bread was usually baked at the mill, a bakery: exercere pistrinum,Suet. Aug. 4: aliquem in pistrinum submittere,Sen. Ep. 90, 22; swine were fed there upon the bran,Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 27.A wearisome, oppressive labor, drudgery: tibi mecum in eodem est pistrino, Crasse, vivendum,Cic. de Or. 2, 33, 144.
pistris pistris or pristis, is (also pistrix or pristix, ĭcis), f., = πίστρις, πρίστις. Lit., any sea-monster; a whale, shark, sawfish: postrema immani corpore pistrix (of Scylla),Verg. A. 3, 427: in Indico mari pristes ducenum cubitorum,Plin. 9, 3, 2, § 4: jamque agmine toto Pistris adest,Val. Fl. 2, 530: marina pistrix,Flor. 3, 5, 16.Transf.The constellation of the Whale: ad Pistricis terga,Cic. Arat. 152: Auster Pistrin agit,German. Arat. 358.A species of swift-sailing ship, Quadrig. ap. Non. 535, 26; Liv. 35, 26, 1.Name of a ship in the fleet of Æneas, Verg. A. 5, 116.
pistrix pistrix, īcis, f.pistor, a woman who pounds corn; hence, transf., a female baker, Lucil. ap. Varr. L. L. 5, § 138 Müll., and ap. Fest. s. v. mamphula, p. 142 Müll.
Pitane Pĭtănē, ēs, f., = Πιτάνη. A city on the Æolic coast of Asia Minor, now Sandarlik, Mel. 1, 18, 1; Ov. M. 7, 357. Hence, Pĭtănaeus, a, um, adj., of Pitane, Pitanean: Apollonius Pitanaeus,Plin. 29, 6, 38, § 117.A town in Laconia, on the Eurotas, Plin. 4, 5, 8, § 16; Aus. Epigr. 24, 3.
pithecium pĭthēcĭum, ĭi, n., = πιθήκιον. A little ape, Plaut. Mil. 4, 1, 42.A plant, called also antirrhinon, App. Herb. 86.
Pithecium Pĭthēcĭum, ii, f., the name of an attendant, Plaut. Truc. 2, 5, 24 Speng.‡ † pithēcus, i, m., = πιθηκος, an ape: pithecus, cercopithecus, cercops,Not. Tir. p. 176.
Pithecusa Pĭthēcūsa, ae, and Pĭthēcūsae, ārum, f., = Πιθηκοῦσαι, an island (prop. the western and larger of two islands; whence the plur.) in the Tyrrhenian Sea, not far from Cumœ, the modern Ischia, Mel. 2, 7, 18; Plin. 3, 6, 12, § 82; Liv. 8, 22; Ov. M. 14, 90: Inarime a Graecis dicta Pithecusa,Mart. Cap. 6, § 644.
pitheus pĭtheus, ĕi and ĕos (also pĭthus, i, and pĭthĭas, ae), m., = πιθεύς, πίθος, and πιτθιας, a barrel-shaped comet, Plin. 2, 25, 22, § 90; Sen. Q. N. 1, 14, 1; App. de Mundo, p. 64.
pittacium pittăcĭum, ĭi, n., = πιττάκιον. A little leaf or slip of parchment, etc.; a ticket, label, on wine-bottles, etc.: amphorae vitreae, quarum in cervicibus pittacia erant affixa cum hoc titulo: Falernum Opimianum Annorum Centum,Petr. 34; so id. 56; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 21 fin.; Cod. Th. 7, 4, 11.A small piece of linen or leather spread with salve, a plaster, Cels. 3, 10, 2.A patch on a garment or shoe: calceamenta pittaciis consuta,Vulg. Josh. 9, 5.
Pittheus Pittheus (dissyl.), ĕi and ĕos, m., = Πιτθεύς, king of Trœzen, son of Pelops, and father of Æthra, the mother of Theseus, Ov. M. 8, 622; Hyg. Fab. 37. Hence, Pitthēus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Pittheus, Pitthean: Pitthea Troezen,
pituinus pĭtŭĭnus (pĭtyĭnus), a, um, adj., = πιτύινος, of or from pines, pine- (postclass.): resina,Scrib. Comp. 202; 205; Veg. Vet. 4, 28; acc. to the Gr. orthog., resina pityina,Marc. Emp. 36.
pius pĭus (written PIIVS, Inscr. Viscont. Monum. Degli Scip. tab. 6, n. 1; cf. Cic. Quint. 1, 4, 11), a, um (voc. pie: o crucifer bone, lucisator Omnipotens pie,Prud. Cath. 3, 1. Comp. only magis pius; cf. Charis. pp. 88 and 130 P. Sup.: piissimus, used by Antonius, and condemned by Cicero, as: verbum omnino nullum in linguā Latinā,Cic. Phil. 13, 19, 43; but freq. in the post-Aug. per., e. g. Sen. Contr. 4, 27 med.; id. Consol. ad Polyb. 26 med.; Tac. Agr. 43; Curt. 9, 6, 17; Flor. 4, 7, 15; Inscr. Orell. 418 et saep. From rare form PIENS, found in inscriptions, Murat. 1624, 4; Mus. Ver. 129, 3 Maff., is derived another form of the sup., PIENTISSIMVS, Inscr. Orell. 200; 203; 3592), adj.etym. dub.; often referred to τίω, τιμάω, that acts according to duty, dutiful; esp. that performs what is due to the gods and religion in general, to parrents, kindred, teachers, country; pious, devout, conscientious, affectionate, tender, kind, good, grateful, respectful, loyal, patriotic, etc. (of persons and things): si quis pius est,Plaut. Rud. prol. 26: uxor pia et pudica,id. Am. 5, 1, 33: Capus ... pium ex se Anchisen generat, Enn. ap. Philarg. ad Verg. G. 3, 35 (Ann. v. 31 Vahl.): (deos) piorum et impiorum habere rationem,Cic. Leg. 2, 7, 15; id. Rep. 6, 15, 15: di meliora piis,Verg. G. 3, 513: poëta,Cat. 16, 5: pii vates. Verg. A. 6, 662; cf.: pio vatis ab ore,Ov. F. 3, 326. So as subst. freq. pĭi, of the departed, the blessed: piorum sedes,Cic. Phil. 14, 12: arva piorum,Ov. M. 11, 62: cf. Bentley on Hor. C. 3, 4, 6. Of things having reference to religion: far,Hor. C. 3, 23, 20: tura,Ov. H. 7, 24; 21, 7: luci,
,Ov. A. A. 1, 200; id. H. 8, 4. Of respectful, affectionate conduct towards parents, etc.: pius in parentes,Cic. Off. 3, 23, 90: pius Aeneas, on account of his filial love for Anchises,Verg. A. 1, 220; 305; 378; 4, 393; 5, 26 et saep.; cf.: seniorque parens, pia sarcina nati,Ov. H. 7, 107; id. M. 7, 482: pius dolor,Cic. Sest. 2: impietate pia est, she is affectionate (towards her brothers) through want of affection (for her son), her sisterly triumphed over her maternal love, Ov. M. 8, 477: quo pius affectu Castora frater amat,id. Tr. 4, 5, 30: metus,
of a wife for her husband
,id. M. 11, 389: bellum, waged for one's country or allies, Liv. 30, 31; 39, 36; Sil. 15, 162.Transf., in gen. Honest, upright, honorable (very rare): pius quaestus, Cato, R. R. praef.Benevolent, kind, gentle, gracious (postAug.): clementia patrem tuum in primis Pii nomine ornavit, M. Aurel. ap. Vulcat. Gallic. in Avid. Cass. 11: pius enim et clemens es, Dominus Deus,Vulg. 2 Par. 30, 9; id. Ecclus. 2, 13. Pĭus, a title of the emperors after M. Antoninus, on coins and inscrr.; v. Eckh. D. N. 7, p. 36; 8, p. 453; Inscr. Orell. 840 sq. Poet., of a wine-jar: testa, my kindly jar, = benigna, Hor. C. 3, 21, 4. Hence, adv.: pĭē, piously, religiously, dutifully, affectionately: pie sancteque colere deos,Cic. N. D. 1, 20, 56; 1, 17, 45; id. Att. 6, 7, 1: memoriam nostri pie inviolateque servabitis,id. Sen. 22, 81: metuo ne scelerate dicam in te, quod pro Milone dicam pie,id. Mil. 38, 103: pie lugere,id. de Or. 2, 40, 167; Ov. H. 15, 153. Sup.: quod utrumque piissime tulit,Sen. Cons. ad Polyb. 34, 4.
pix pix, pĭcis, f.akin to Gr. πικρός, bitter, πίτυς, pine; cf. πεύκη, = πίσσα, pitch: picem meminisse debemus non aliud esse quam combustae resinae fluxum,Plin. 23, 1, 24, § 47; cf. id. 16, 11, 21, § 52: postes inducti pice,Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 140: pastor junctis pice cantat avenis,Ov. Tr. 5, 10, 25: hic dies festus Corticem astrictum pice dimovebit Amphorae,Hor. C. 3, 8, 10: caelum pice nigrius,Ov. H. 18, 7. Boiling pitch was poured on the bodies of slaves as a punishment: te Pix atra agitet aput carnificem,Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 65; Lucr. 3, 1017. In plur.: Idaeasque pices,Verg. G. 3, 450; Plin. 14, 20, 25, § 122: ut pices navium solverentur, Aug. Civ. Dei, 3, 31. Prov.: Qui tetigerit picem inquinabitur,Vulg. Ecclus. 13, 1.