pico Latin · revision 33245

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=234–149 BC, Cato|origins=ine-pro *pik-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈpɪ.koː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈpiː.ko]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''picō''' (present infinitive picāre, perfect active picāvī, supine picātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|pix|-ō|t1=pitch]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) The TLL leaves open whether the verb was made first from the noun or the participle [[m|la|picātus]] was.^(TLL) De Vaan traces [[m|la|pix]] to [[itc-pro|*pik-]] and [[ine-pro|*pik-|t=pitch]];^(de Vaan 2008) cognate with [[grc|πίσσα|tr=píssa|t=pitch]] and [[lt|pìkis|t=pitch]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Cato has pitched jars, vats and wine troughs in ''On Agriculture''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is to smear or coat with pitch, to tar: Vitruvius pitches the inner parts of tiles carefully, Pliny the Elder walls, and Suetonius jars that are well pitched.^(Georges 1913)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Of wine it is to season with pitch, in Columella.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913) The participle ''picātus'' is also an adjective, of wine with a natural taste of pitch in Pliny the Elder and Martial,^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913) and the ''Copa'' has a pitched jar.^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 234–149 BC – Cato, of pitched jars.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 84–c. 25 BC – Vitruvius, of pitching tiles.^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1st century AD – Columella, of pitched wine.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny the Elder, of pitching walls.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To smear or coat with [[m|en|pitch]], to [[m|en|tar]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To season (wine) with pitch.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[impicō]]

+ * [[oppicō]]

+ * [[picātus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[pix]]

+ * [[piceus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}