pissinus

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

pissĭnus, a, um, adj., = πισσινος,

of pitch , pitch- : e pice fit (oleum) quod pissinum appellant, Plin. 15, 7, 7, § 31; 23, 4, 50, § 96; 25, 5, 22, § 55.