piceus

Latin

Etymology

From pix (“pitch”) +‎ -eus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.ke.us/, [ˈpɪkeʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.t͡ʃe.us/, [ˈpiːt͡ʃeus]

Adjective

piceus (feminine picea, neuter piceum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (relational) pitch
2. pitch-black

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	piceus	picea	piceum		piceī	piceae	picea
Genitive	piceī	piceae	piceī		piceōrum	piceārum	piceōrum
Dative	piceō		piceō		piceīs
Accusative	piceum	piceam	piceum		piceōs	piceās	picea
Ablative	piceō	piceā	piceō		piceīs
Vocative	picee	picea	piceum		piceī	piceae	picea

Related terms

• picea
• pix

See also

Colors in Latin · colōrēs (layout · text)

albus, candidus, subalbus, niveus, cēreus, marmoreus, eburneus, cānus, blancus (ML.)	glaucus, rāvus, pullus, cinereus, cinerāceus, plumbeus, grīseus (ML. or NL.)	niger, āter, piceus, furvus
ruber, rūbidus, rūfus, rubicundus, russus, rubrīcus, pūniceus, murrinus, mulleus; cocceus, coccīnus, badius	rutilus, armeniacus, aurantius, aurantiacus; fuscus, suffuscus, colōrius, cervīnus, spādīx, castaneus, aquilus, fulvus, brunneus (ML.)	flāvus, sufflāvus, flāvidus, fulvus, lūteus, gilvus, helvus, croceus, pallidus, blondinus (ML.)
galbus, galbinus, lūridus	viridis	prasinus
cȳaneus	caeruleus, azurīnus (ML.), caesius, blāvus (LL.)	glaucus; līvidus; venetus
violāceus, ianthinus, balaustīnus (NL.)	ostrīnus, amethystīnus	purpureus, ātropurpureus, roseus, rosāceus

References

• “piceus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “piceus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• piceus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.