for coloring

pigmentum, i, n. [pingo], a material for coloring, a color, paint, pigment.

Lit.

For painting, a paint:

aspersa temere pigmenta in tabulā, oris lineamenta efficere possunt,

Cic. Div. 1, 13, 23:

vela in cortinam pigmenti ferventis mersa,

Plin. 35, 11, 42, § 150.—Jocosely:

quem Apelles Zeuxisque duo pingent pigmentis ulmeis,

i. e. beat black and blue, Plaut. Ep. 5, 1, 20. —

For cosmetics, a paint, pigment:

non istanc aetatem oportet pigmentum ullum attingere,

Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 106; Plin. 16, 43, 84, § 233:

multiplicasti pigmenta tua,

Vulg. Isa. 57, 9.—

Transf., the juice of plants (post-class.), Firm. Math. 8, 17; v. Cael. Aur. Acut. 2, 9, 46.—

Trop., of style, coloring, ornament: meus autem liber totum Isocratis murothêkion atque omnes ejus discipulorum arculas et nonnihil etiam Aristotelia pigmenta consumpsit, Cic. Att. 2, 1, 1:

pigmentorum flos et color,

id. Brut. 87, 298:

sententiae, tam verae, tam sine pigmentis fucoque puerili,

id. de Or. 2, 45, 188.

Sĭnōpē, ēs (or -a, ae; cf. Zumpt ad Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 34, § 87, p. 166), f., = Sinôpê.

A famous Greek colony in Paphlagonia, on the Euxine, the birthplace of Diogenes the Cynic and residence of Mithridates, now Sinoub, Mel. 1, 19, 9; Plin. 6, 2, 2, § 6; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 34, § 87; id. Imp. Pomp. 8, 21; Tac. H. 4, 83 sq. al.:

Sinopae,

Cic. Agr. 2, 20, 53.—Hence,

Sĭnōpensis, e, adj., of or belonging to Sinope:

colonia,

Dig. 50, 15, 1 fin.—Plur. subst.: Sĭnōpenses, ĭum, m., the inhabitants of Sinope, Liv. 40, 2; Tac. H. 4, 83 fin. —

Sĭnōpeus, a, um, adj., = Sinôpeus, of Sinope, Plaut. Curc. 3, 72:

Cynicus,

i. e. Diogenes, Ov. P. 1, 3, 67.—

Sĭnōpĭcus, a, um, adj., of Sinope:

minium,

Cels. 5, 6; 6, 6, 19.—

Sĭnōpis, ĭdis, f. (sc. terra), a kind of red ochre found in Sinope, and used for coloring, Plin. 35, 6, 13, § 31; Vitr. 7, 7; Veg. 2, 16, 3 and 5.—

An earlier name for the town of Sinuessa, Liv. 10, 21, 8.

Sĭnōpē, ēs (or -a, ae; cf. Zumpt ad Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 34, § 87, p. 166), f., = Sinôpê.

A famous Greek colony in Paphlagonia, on the Euxine, the birthplace of Diogenes the Cynic and residence of Mithridates, now Sinoub, Mel. 1, 19, 9; Plin. 6, 2, 2, § 6; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 34, § 87; id. Imp. Pomp. 8, 21; Tac. H. 4, 83 sq. al.:

Sinopae,

Cic. Agr. 2, 20, 53.—Hence,

Sĭnōpensis, e, adj., of or belonging to Sinope:

colonia,

Dig. 50, 15, 1 fin.—Plur. subst.: Sĭnōpenses, ĭum, m., the inhabitants of Sinope, Liv. 40, 2; Tac. H. 4, 83 fin. —

Sĭnōpeus, a, um, adj., = Sinôpeus, of Sinope, Plaut. Curc. 3, 72:

Cynicus,

i. e. Diogenes, Ov. P. 1, 3, 67.—

Sĭnōpĭcus, a, um, adj., of Sinope:

minium,

Cels. 5, 6; 6, 6, 19.—

Sĭnōpis, ĭdis, f. (sc. terra), a kind of red ochre found in Sinope, and used for coloring, Plin. 35, 6, 13, § 31; Vitr. 7, 7; Veg. 2, 16, 3 and 5.—

An earlier name for the town of Sinuessa, Liv. 10, 21, 8.

Sĭnōpē, ēs (or -a, ae; cf. Zumpt ad Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 34, § 87, p. 166), f., = Sinôpê.

A famous Greek colony in Paphlagonia, on the Euxine, the birthplace of Diogenes the Cynic and residence of Mithridates, now Sinoub, Mel. 1, 19, 9; Plin. 6, 2, 2, § 6; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 34, § 87; id. Imp. Pomp. 8, 21; Tac. H. 4, 83 sq. al.:

Sinopae,

Cic. Agr. 2, 20, 53.—Hence,

Sĭnōpensis, e, adj., of or belonging to Sinope:

colonia,

Dig. 50, 15, 1 fin.—Plur. subst.: Sĭnōpenses, ĭum, m., the inhabitants of Sinope, Liv. 40, 2; Tac. H. 4, 83 fin. —

Sĭnōpeus, a, um, adj., = Sinôpeus, of Sinope, Plaut. Curc. 3, 72:

Cynicus,

i. e. Diogenes, Ov. P. 1, 3, 67.—

Sĭnōpĭcus, a, um, adj., of Sinope:

minium,

Cels. 5, 6; 6, 6, 19.—

Sĭnōpis, ĭdis, f. (sc. terra), a kind of red ochre found in Sinope, and used for coloring, Plin. 35, 6, 13, § 31; Vitr. 7, 7; Veg. 2, 16, 3 and 5.—

An earlier name for the town of Sinuessa, Liv. 10, 21, 8.

Sĭnōpē, ēs (or -a, ae; cf. Zumpt ad Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 34, § 87, p. 166), f., = Sinôpê.

A famous Greek colony in Paphlagonia, on the Euxine, the birthplace of Diogenes the Cynic and residence of Mithridates, now Sinoub, Mel. 1, 19, 9; Plin. 6, 2, 2, § 6; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 34, § 87; id. Imp. Pomp. 8, 21; Tac. H. 4, 83 sq. al.:

Sinopae,

Cic. Agr. 2, 20, 53.—Hence,

Sĭnōpensis, e, adj., of or belonging to Sinope:

colonia,

Dig. 50, 15, 1 fin.—Plur. subst.: Sĭnōpenses, ĭum, m., the inhabitants of Sinope, Liv. 40, 2; Tac. H. 4, 83 fin. —

Sĭnōpeus, a, um, adj., = Sinôpeus, of Sinope, Plaut. Curc. 3, 72:

Cynicus,

i. e. Diogenes, Ov. P. 1, 3, 67.—

Sĭnōpĭcus, a, um, adj., of Sinope:

minium,

Cels. 5, 6; 6, 6, 19.—

Sĭnōpis, ĭdis, f. (sc. terra), a kind of red ochre found in Sinope, and used for coloring, Plin. 35, 6, 13, § 31; Vitr. 7, 7; Veg. 2, 16, 3 and 5.—

An earlier name for the town of Sinuessa, Liv. 10, 21, 8.

Sĭnōpē, ēs (or -a, ae; cf. Zumpt ad Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 34, § 87, p. 166), f., = Sinôpê.

A famous Greek colony in Paphlagonia, on the Euxine, the birthplace of Diogenes the Cynic and residence of Mithridates, now Sinoub, Mel. 1, 19, 9; Plin. 6, 2, 2, § 6; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 34, § 87; id. Imp. Pomp. 8, 21; Tac. H. 4, 83 sq. al.:

Sinopae,

Cic. Agr. 2, 20, 53.—Hence,

Sĭnōpensis, e, adj., of or belonging to Sinope:

colonia,

Dig. 50, 15, 1 fin.—Plur. subst.: Sĭnōpenses, ĭum, m., the inhabitants of Sinope, Liv. 40, 2; Tac. H. 4, 83 fin. —

Sĭnōpeus, a, um, adj., = Sinôpeus, of Sinope, Plaut. Curc. 3, 72:

Cynicus,

i. e. Diogenes, Ov. P. 1, 3, 67.—

Sĭnōpĭcus, a, um, adj., of Sinope:

minium,

Cels. 5, 6; 6, 6, 19.—

Sĭnōpis, ĭdis, f. (sc. terra), a kind of red ochre found in Sinope, and used for coloring, Plin. 35, 6, 13, § 31; Vitr. 7, 7; Veg. 2, 16, 3 and 5.—

An earlier name for the town of Sinuessa, Liv. 10, 21, 8.

Sĭnōpē, ēs (or -a, ae; cf. Zumpt ad Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 34, § 87, p. 166), f., = Sinôpê.

A famous Greek colony in Paphlagonia, on the Euxine, the birthplace of Diogenes the Cynic and residence of Mithridates, now Sinoub, Mel. 1, 19, 9; Plin. 6, 2, 2, § 6; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 34, § 87; id. Imp. Pomp. 8, 21; Tac. H. 4, 83 sq. al.:

Sinopae,

Cic. Agr. 2, 20, 53.—Hence,

Sĭnōpensis, e, adj., of or belonging to Sinope:

colonia,

Dig. 50, 15, 1 fin.—Plur. subst.: Sĭnōpenses, ĭum, m., the inhabitants of Sinope, Liv. 40, 2; Tac. H. 4, 83 fin. —

Sĭnōpeus, a, um, adj., = Sinôpeus, of Sinope, Plaut. Curc. 3, 72:

Cynicus,

i. e. Diogenes, Ov. P. 1, 3, 67.—

Sĭnōpĭcus, a, um, adj., of Sinope:

minium,

Cels. 5, 6; 6, 6, 19.—

Sĭnōpis, ĭdis, f. (sc. terra), a kind of red ochre found in Sinope, and used for coloring, Plin. 35, 6, 13, § 31; Vitr. 7, 7; Veg. 2, 16, 3 and 5.—

An earlier name for the town of Sinuessa, Liv. 10, 21, 8.

Sĭnōpē, ēs (or -a, ae; cf. Zumpt ad Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 34, § 87, p. 166), f., = Sinôpê.

A famous Greek colony in Paphlagonia, on the Euxine, the birthplace of Diogenes the Cynic and residence of Mithridates, now Sinoub, Mel. 1, 19, 9; Plin. 6, 2, 2, § 6; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 34, § 87; id. Imp. Pomp. 8, 21; Tac. H. 4, 83 sq. al.:

Sinopae,

Cic. Agr. 2, 20, 53.—Hence,

Sĭnōpensis, e, adj., of or belonging to Sinope:

colonia,

Dig. 50, 15, 1 fin.—Plur. subst.: Sĭnōpenses, ĭum, m., the inhabitants of Sinope, Liv. 40, 2; Tac. H. 4, 83 fin. —

Sĭnōpeus, a, um, adj., = Sinôpeus, of Sinope, Plaut. Curc. 3, 72:

Cynicus,

i. e. Diogenes, Ov. P. 1, 3, 67.—

Sĭnōpĭcus, a, um, adj., of Sinope:

minium,

Cels. 5, 6; 6, 6, 19.—

Sĭnōpis, ĭdis, f. (sc. terra), a kind of red ochre found in Sinope, and used for coloring, Plin. 35, 6, 13, § 31; Vitr. 7, 7; Veg. 2, 16, 3 and 5.—

An earlier name for the town of Sinuessa, Liv. 10, 21, 8.

ātrāmentum, i, n. [ater], any black liquid:

sepiae,

Cic. N D. 2, 50, 127.

Writing-ink, ink; in Vitr. 7, 10, and Plin. 27, 7, 28, § 52, called atramentum librarium:

calamo et atramento temperato,

Cic. ad Q. Fr. 2, 15, 6:

per atramentum et calamum scribere,

Vulg. 3 Joan. 13; Petr. 102, 13; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 236; Vulg. Jer. 36, 18; ib. 2 Joan. 12.—

A black pigment or color, Vitr. 7, 10; 7, 4; Plin. 35, 6, 25, § 41; also a fine, dark varnish, lacquer, id. 35, 10, 36, § 97: Indicum, India or China ink, id. 35, 6, 25, § 43.—

A blacking for coloring leather:

atramentum sutorium,

Plin. 34, 12, 32, § 123; Cic. Fam. 9, 21 fin. —

In comic language: Sc. Unā operā ebur atramento candefacere postulas. Phil. Lepide dictum de atramento atque ebore, i. e. you require something impossible, Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 102.

callithrix, trĭchos, f., = kallithrix (fair-haired).

A plant used for coloring the hair, also called trichomanes, Plin. 26, 15, 90, § 160; 26, 14, 87, § 147; 25, 11, 86, § 135.—

Plur.: callitrĭches, um, a kind of ape or monkey in Ethiopia; acc. to Lichtenstein, Simia faunus, Linn.; Plin. 8, 54, 80, § 216.

callithrix, trĭchos, f., = kallithrix (fair-haired).

A plant used for coloring the hair, also called trichomanes, Plin. 26, 15, 90, § 160; 26, 14, 87, § 147; 25, 11, 86, § 135.—

Plur.: callitrĭches, um, a kind of ape or monkey in Ethiopia; acc. to Lichtenstein, Simia faunus, Linn.; Plin. 8, 54, 80, § 216.

rū̆brīca, ae, f. [from ruberica, from ruber] (sc. terra), red earth of any kind.

In gen., Vitr. 2, 3; Col. 3, 11 fin.; Plin. 18, 14, 36, § 135.—

In partic., red earth for coloring, ruddle, red-ochre, red-chalk:

buccas rubrica, cera omne corpus intinxit tibi,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 2, 39:

rubricā delibatus,

Auct. Her. 3, 22, 37:

proelia rubricā picta aut carbone,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 98; Vitr. 7, 7; Plin. 35, 6, 14, § 33; 6, 30, 35, § 190:

si oculo rubricam dirigat uno,

Pers. 1, 66 et saep. —

Transf. (post-Aug.).

The title of a law, the rubric (because written in red): interdicta proponuntur sub rubricā Unde vi (Dig. 43, 16;

Cod. 8, 4) aliqua enim sub hoc titulo interdicta sunt,

Dig. 43, 1, 2 fin. —

A law:

se ad album ac rubricas transtulerunt,

Quint. 12, 3, 11:

Masuri rubrica vetavit,

Pers. 5, 90.

cŏlor (old form cŏlos, like arbos, clamos, honos, etc., Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 43; Lucr. 6, 208; 6, 1073; Sall. C. 15, 5, acc. to Prob. II. pp. 1456 and 1467 P.; Plin. 13, 15, 30, § 98; 35, 11, 42, § 150), ōris, m. [root cal-, to cover; cf.: caligo, occulere, calyx], color, hue, tint.

Lit.

In gen.:

varii rerum,

Lucr. 2, 786:

nequeunt sine luce Esse,

id. 2, 795:

aureus ignis,

id. 6, 205:

albus,

id. 2, 823; cf.:

color albus praecipue decorus deo est,

Cic. Leg. 2, 18, 45:

purpureus conchyli,

Lucr. 6, 1073:

Tyrios mirare,

Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 18; Ov. M. 4, 165; 10, 261; cf. id. ib. 6, 65; Verg. G. 1, 452:

colorem accipere,

Plin. 11, 38, 91, § 225:

bibere,

id. 8, 48, 73, § 193:

inducere picturae,

id. 35, 10, 36, § 102:

color caerulo albidior, viridior et pressior,

Plin. Ep. 8, 20, 4:

amethystinus,

Suet. Ner. 32:

color in pomo est, ubi permaturuit, ater,

Ov. M. 4, 165; Plin. 30, 2, 6, § 16:

bonus,

Varr. R. R. 3, 7, 10:

melior,

Plin. 7, 6, 5, § 41: colores, oculos qui pascere possunt, [p. 371] Lucr. 2, 419:

rebus nox abstulit atra colorem,

Verg. A. 6, 272:

quam cito purpureos deperdit terra colores,

Tib. 1, 4, 30:

nec varios discet mentiri lana colores,

Verg. E. 4, 42:

Iris, Mille trahens varios adverso sole colores,

id. A. 4, 701.— Poet.:

ducere, of grapes, etc.,

to acquire color, become colored, Verg. E. 9, 49; Ov. M. 3, 485; cf. Sen. Ep. 71, 30.—

Meton.

Coloring stuff, dyestuff:

regionis naturā minii et chrysocollae et aliorum colorum ferax,

Flor. 4, 12, 60; Plin. 35, 6, 12, § 30 sq.—

Flowers of varied colors:

aspice quo submittat humus formosa colores,

Prop. 1, 2, 9; Val. Fl. 6, 492.—

Specif., the natural color of men, the complexion, tint, hue:

qui color, nitor, vestitus,

Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 11:

formae autem dignitas coloris bonitate tuenda est, color exercitationibus corporis,

Cic. Off. 1, 36, 130:

venusti oculi, color suavis,

id. Tusc. 5, 16, 46:

verus (opp. to paint),

Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 27 Don.; cf. Ov. A. A. 3, 164;

and fucatus,

Hor. Epod. 12, 10:

senex colore mustellino,

Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 22:

niveus,

Hor. C. 2, 4, 3:

albus,

fair, Ov. M. 2, 541:

egregius,

Cic. Fin. 2, 20, 64:

verecundus,

Hor. Epod. 17, 21; cf.:

vide Num ejus color pudoris signum indicat,

Ter. And. 5, 3, 7: colorem mutare, to change or lose color (on account of any excitement of the passions, from shame, fear, pain, etc.), to blush, etc., Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 38; cf. Cic. Clu. 19, 54:

color excidit,

Ov. M. 2, 602:

perdere,

id. ib. 3, 99:

adeo perturbavit ea vox regem, ut non color, non voltus ei constaret,

Liv. 39, 34, 7.—

Prov.:

homo nullius coloris,

an unknown man, Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 99 (like the phrase: albus an ater sit; v. albus).—

Sometimes for beautiful complexion, fine tint, beauty:

o formose puer, nimium ne crede colori,

Verg. E. 2, 17:

quo fugit Venus, heu, quove color?

Hor. C. 4, 13, 17; Ov. H. 3, 141.—

Trop.

In gen., color, i.e. external form, state, condition, position, outward show, appearance (predominant in rhet.; v. 2.; elsewh. rare, and mostly poet.):

amisimus omnem non modo sucum ac sanguinem, sed etiam colorem et speciem pristinam civitatis,

Cic. Att. 4, 16, 10:

vitae,

Hor. S. 2, 1, 60; cf.: omnis Aristippum decuit color et status et res, every color became him, i. e. he accommodated himself to every condition, id. Ep. 1, 17, 23: novimus quosdam, qui multis apud philosophum annis persederint, et ne colorem quidem duxerint, have not acquired even the outward appearance, i.e. have imbibed or learned nothing, Sen. Ep. 108, 5; cf. Quint. 10, 1, 59: omnia eundem ducunt colorem;

nec Persis Macedonum mores adumbrare nec Macedonibus Persas imitari indecorum,

Curt. 10, 3, 14 Vogel ad loc. —

A class, fashion, kind.

In gen. (rare):

hos maxime laudat.. egregium hoc quoque, sed secundae sortis ingenium... hic tertius color est,

Sen. Ep. 52, 4:

tertium illud genus... sed ne hic quidem contemnendus est color tertius,

id. ib. 75, 15; cf.:

in omni vitae colore,

Stat. S. 2 prooem. init. —

Esp., of diction, character, fashion, cast, coloring, style:

ornatur igitur oratio genere primum et quasi colore quodam et suco suo,

Cic. de Or 3, 25, 95; cf. id. ib. 3, 52, 199:

non unus color prooemii, narrationis, argumentorum, etc.,

Quint. 12, 10, 71:

qui est, inquit, iste tandem urbanitatis color?

Cic. Brut. 46, 171:

color dicendi maculis conspergitur,

Quint. 8, 5, 28; cf.:

color totus orationis,

id. 6, 3, 110:

simplicis atque inaffectati gratia,

id. 9, 4, 17:

tragicus,

Hor. A. P. 236:

operum colores,

id. ib. 86.—

Pregn. (cf. supra, 1. B. 2.), a beautiful, brilliant quality or nature, splendor, lustre, brilliancy (freq. only in rhet. lang.):

nullus argento color est avaris Abdito terris,

Hor. C. 2, 2, 1.—

Of diction.

A high, lively coloring, embellishment:

intelleges nihil illius (Catonis) lineamentis nisi eorum pigmentorum quae inventa nondum erant, florem et colorem defuisse,

Cic. Brut. 87, 298; id. de Or. 3, 25, 100; id. Q. Fr. 2, 13 (15 a), 2.—

In a bad sense, t. t., an artful concealment of a fault, a pretext, palliation, excuse, Quint. 4, 2, 88 Spald.; 6, 5, 5; 10, 1, 116; 11, 1, 81; 12, 1, 33; cf. Sen. Contr. 3, 21; 3, 25:

res illo colore defenditur apud judicem, ut videatur ille non sanae mentis fuisse, etc.,

Dig. 5, 2, 5: sub colore adipiscendae possessionis, Cod. Th. 3, 6, 3; Juv. 6, 280.