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|lshtext=<b>pix</b>: pĭcis, f. [[akin]] to Gr. [[πικρός]]>, [[bitter]], [[πίτυς]]>, [[pine]]; cf. [[πεύκη]]>, = [[πίσσα]]>,<br /><b>I</b> [[pitch]]: picem meminisse debemus non aliud esse [[quam]] combustae resinae fluxum, Plin. 23, 1, 24, § 47; cf. id. 16, 11, 21, § 52: postes inducti pice, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 140: [[pastor]] junctis pice cantat avenis, Ov. Tr. 5, 10, 25: hic [[dies]] [[festus]] Corticem astrictum pice dimovebit Amphorae, Hor. C. 3, 8, 10: [[caelum]] pice nigrius, Ov. H. 18, 7.—Boiling [[pitch]] [[was]] poured on the bodies of slaves as a [[punishment]]: te Pix atra agitet [[aput]] carnificem, Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 65; Lucr. 3, 1017.—In <[[number]] opt="n">plur.</[[number]]>: Idaeasque pices, Verg. G. 3, 450; Plin. 14, 20, 25, § 122: ut pices navium solverentur, Aug. Civ. Dei, 3, 31.— Prov.: Qui tetigerit picem inquinabitur, Vulg. Ecclus. 13, 1.
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