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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.
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