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αὔριον ὔμμε‎ πάσας ἐγὼ λουσῶ Συβαρίτιδος ἔνδοθι λίμνας‎ → tomorrow I'll wash you one and all in Sybaris lake

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Latin > English

picus pici N M :: woodpecker

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

pīcus: i, m. perh. root pingo; cf. pica.
I A woodpecker, one of the birds used in augury, Plaut. As. 2, 1, 12: sunt et parvae aves uncorum unguium, ut pici, Martio cognomine insignes et in auspicatu magni, Plin. 10, 18, 20, § 40; 11, 37, 44, § 122; Non. 518, 24.—
II A fabulous bird, the griffin: picos veteres esse voluerunt, quos Graeci γρύπας appellant. Plautus Aulularia (4, 8, 1): pici divitiis, qui aureos montes colunt, Ego solus supero, Non. 152, 7 sq.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

(1) pīcus,¹³ ī, m.,
1 pivert [oiseau] : Pl. As. 260 ; Plin. 10, 38
2 griffon : d. Pl. Aul. 701, d’après Non. 152, 7.

Latin > German (Georges)

(1) pīcus1, ī, m. (vgl. pīca), I) der Specht, Baumhacker, ein Weissagevogel, Plaut. asin. 260. Ov. met. 14, 314. Plin. 10, 38 u. 40. – II) der Greif, ein fabelhafter Vogel, Plaut. aul. 701; vgl. Non. 152, 6.