Picus

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ἐκτέμνεσθαί τινας φιλανθρωπίᾳ → disarm and deceive by kindness

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

Pīcus: i, m.,
I son of Saturn, grandfather of Latinus, king of the aborigines, and a prophet; he was changed by Circe, whose love he had slighted, into a woodpecker, Ov. M. 14, 320; Verg. A. 7, 189 Serv.; Juv. 8, 131.