pictae

Latin

Participle

pictae

  1. nominative feminine plural of pictus
    • 29 bc. Vergil. Georgics, III
      omne adeo genvs in terris hominvmqve ferarvmqve
      et genvs æqvorevm pecvdes pictæqve volvcres
      in fvrias ignemqve rvvnt
      So far does every species on earth of man and beast,
      whether the aquatic species, livestock, or painted-winged,
      collapse into the frenzies and the fire [of sex].
  2. inflection of pictus:
    1. genitive/dative feminine singular
    2. vocative feminine plural
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