LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

pix

pix f (genitive picis)
Classical[ˈpɪks]Ecclesiastical[ˈpiks]

Meaning

  1. femininepitch, tar

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativepixpicēs
genitivepicispicum
dativepicīpicibus
accusativepicempicēs
ablativepicepicibus
vocativepixpicēs

pix, pĭcis, f. akin to Gr. πικρός, bitter, πίτυς, pine; cf. πεύκη, = πίσσα,
I. pitch: picem meminisse debemus non aliud esse quam combustae resinae fluxum, Plin. 23, 1, 24, § 47; cf. id. 16, 11, 21, § 52: postes inducti pice, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 140: pastor junctis pice cantat avenis, Ov. Tr. 5, 10, 25: hic dies festus Corticem astrictum pice dimovebit Amphorae, Hor. C. 3, 8, 10: caelum pice nigrius, Ov. H. 18, 7.—Boiling pitch was poured on the bodies of slaves as a punishment: te Pix atra agitet aput carnificem, Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 65; Lucr. 3, 1017.—In plur.: Idaeasque pices, Verg. G. 3, 450; Plin. 14, 20, 25, § 122: ut pices navium solverentur, Aug. Civ. Dei, 3, 31.— Prov.: Qui tetigerit picem inquinabitur, Vulg. Ecclus. 13, 1.

Origins

Inherited from Proto-Italic *piks, from Proto-Indo-European *pik- (“pitch”). Cognate with Ancient Greek πίσσα (píssa), Old Church Slavonic пьцьлъ (pĭcĭlŭ). Possibly related to pīnus (“pine”) if the latter comes from *pik-sno-s.

Ibero-Romance
  • Portuguesepez
  • Spanishpez
  • Aragonesepez
  • Galicianpez
  • Galicianpiche
Italo-Romance
  • Italianpece
  • Sicilianpici
Northern Gallo-Romance
  • Frenchpoixfrom Old French peiz
  • Franco-Provençalpege
  • Franco-Provençalpeigi
  • Franco-Provençalpès
Padanian
  • Emilianpeisa
  • Emilianpesa
  • Lombardpesa
  • Lombardpeisa
  • Piedmontesepèis
  • Piedmontesepais
→ Baltic
  • Latvianpiķis
  • Lithuanianpi̇̀kis
Elsewhere
  • Albanianpisë
  • Albanianpeshgve
  • Proto-Brythonic*pɨg
  • Proto-West Germanic*pik

Quick answers

What does pix mean in Latin?
pix, a noun, means “pitch, tar”.
What is the genitive of pix?
The genitive singular is picis. pix is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce pix?
In classical Latin, [ˈpɪks]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈpiks].