Picus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

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.

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