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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=inherited|attested=Plautus|origins=ine-pro *pik-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈpɪks]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈpiks]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''pix''' ''f'' (genitive picis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|itc-pro|*piks]], [[inh|ine-pro|*pik-|t=pitch]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) Cognate with [[grc|πίσσα|tr=píssa|t=pitch]], [[lt|pìkis|t=pitch]] and [[cu|пьклъ|tr=pĭklŭ|t=pitch, hell]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) Isidore says some derive it from [[pīnus]] “pine”.^(Isidore)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan and Köbler date it from Plautus.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It was vegetable pitch, obtained by distilling tar, and also mineral pitch or asphalt.^(OLD 2012) Caesar describes pitch thrown at siege works, and Virgil uses it among remedies for sheep.^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ Medieval writers distinguished vegetable from mineral pitch.^(DMLBS) It survives in [[it|pece]], [[fr|poix]] and [[es|pez]].^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar describes burning pitch hurled at siege works.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil names it among remedies for sheep.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # [[m|en|Pitch]] (from tar).^(OLD 2012)

+ # Mineral pitch, asphalt.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[picāria]]

+ * [[piceus]]

+ * [[picinus]]

+ * [[picō]]

+ * [[picula]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}