picus

See also: Picus, PICUs, pičus, and píčus

Latin

Alternative forms
  • piccus

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)peyk- (“woodpecker; magpie”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpiː.kus/, [ˈpiː.kʊs]

Noun

pīcus m (genitive pīcī); second declension

  1. a woodpecker
  2. a griffin

Declension

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative pīcus pīcī
Genitive pīcī pīcōrum
Dative pīcō pīcīs
Accusative pīcum pīcōs
Ablative pīcō pīcīs
Vocative pīce pīcī

Derived terms

Descendants

References
  • picus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • picus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • picus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • picus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • picus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • picus in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
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