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pĭcĕa, ae, f. [pix], the pitch-pine: Pinus silvestris, Linn.; Verg. G. 2, 257; Ov. M. 10, 101; id. H. 12, 67; Plin. 16, 10, 18, § 40 sqq.; 16, 24, 38, § 90.
pĭcĕus, a, um, adj. [pix].
- I. Lit., of pitch, Lucr. 6, 135.
- II. Transf., black as pitch, pitch-black: piceā crassus caligine, Verg. G. 2, 308: turbine fumans piceo, id. A. 3, 573: lumen, id. ib. 9, 75: nubes, Ov. M. 11, 549: caelum, Val. Fl. 2, 507: nimbus, id. 2, 115: oves, id. 3, 439: dentes, Mart. 2, 41, 7: imber piceus crassusque, Plin. 16, 33, 61, § 143: coacti aëris caligo picea, Ambros. in Luc. 7, 20.