pictus
νεκρὸν ἐάν ποτ' ἴδηις καὶ μνήματα κωφὰ παράγηις κοινὸν ἔσοπτρον ὁρᾶις· ὁ θανὼν οὕτως προσεδόκα → whenever you see a body dead, or pass by silent tombs, you look into the mirror of all men's destiny: the dead man expected nothing else | if you ever see a corpse or walk by quiet graves, that's when you look into the mirror we all share: the dead expected this
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
pictus: a, um, Part. and P. a., from pingo.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
pictus,¹¹ a, um,
1 part. de pingo
2 pris adjt : a) [en parl. du style ou d’un orateur] coloré, orné : quo nihil potest esse pictius Cic. Br. 293, un orateur qui surpasse tout pour la couleur du style ; b) qui n’existe qu’en peinture, sans fondement : Prop. 4, 6, 50.
Latin > German (Georges)
pictus, a, um, PAdi. (v. pingo), I) ausgemalt, zierlich, von der Rede u. vom Redner, genus orationis, künstlich gruppiert, Cic. or. 96: Lysiā nihil potest esse pictius, Cic. Brut. 293. – II) bloß gemalt = scheinbar, unbegründet, leer, picti metus, Prop. 4, 6, 50.
