pictus

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

pictus adj.with comp.

P. of pingo, painted, colored, variegated, of various colors : volucres, V.: picti terga lacerti, V.: puppes, decorated , V.: pavones, O.— Tattooed : Geloni, V.—Fig., of language, adorned, ornamented, ornate : orationis genus: Lysiā nihil potest esse pictius: pictos experiere metūs, i. e. unreal , Pr.