pitchy taste

pĭco, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [id.], to bedaub with pitch, to pitch, to tar.

Lit.:

dolia picata, lacus, vinarius picatus,

Cato, R. R. 25 sq.:

dolia,

Suet. Claud. 16:

parietes,

Plin. 36, 22, 48, § 166; 11, 7, 6, § 16.—

Transf., to season with pitch:

vinum,

Col. 12, 23.— Hence, pĭcātus, a, um, P. a., pitchy:

vinum picatum,

wine that has naturally a pitchy taste, Plin. 23, 1, 24, § 47; 14, 2, 4, § 26; Mart. 13, 107.

1 of the color of pitch: applied to the hair of horses.

2 applied to things which have a pitchy taste.

Grammatical information: f.

Meaning: `pitch' (Il.).

Other forms: Att. πίττα.

Compounds: Compp., e.g. πισσο-, πιττο-κοπέω `to besmear, to depilate with pitch' (Att. inscr., com., Thphr.), κηρό-πισσος f. `mix of wax and pitch' (Hp.).

Derivatives: 1. As diminutive πισσάριον n. (medic.); 2. several adj. (Att. forms not esp. noted): πισσ-ηρός (Hp.), - ήρης (A.), - ινος (Att.), - ήεις (Nic.) `pitchy'; - ώδης `pitch-like' (Arist., Thphr.); - ίτης ( οἶνος) `tasting like p.' (Str.; Redard 98); 3. the verbs πισσ-όω, πιττ-όω, - όομαι `to besmear, to depilate (oneself) with pitch' (since IV^a) with - ωσις, - ωτής, - ωτός (hell.); - ίζω `to taste like p.' (sch.); *-άω in πίσσᾱσις f. `a pitching over (Epid. IV^a).

Origin: IE [Indo-European]X [probably] [794] * pik- `pitch, resin'

Etymology: Old designation of pitch and resin, as inherited word also in Lat. and in Slav. retained. The oldest form shows Lat. pix, pic-is f., IE * pik-; from there wit ι̯α-suffix, as in νῆσσα, μυῖα a.o. only formally enlarging (Schwyzer 474), πίσσα, πίττα; with l-suffix Slav., e.g. Russ.-CSl. pьkъlъ, OCS pьcьlъ m. Deviating on the stemformation Specht Ursprung 146. -- As a loan the word has spread further: from Lat. pix Germ., e.g. OHG pëh, from Germ. Lith. pìkis, Russ. pek a.o. WP. 2, 75, Pok. 794, W.-Hofmann and Fraenkel s. vv., Vasmer s. pëklo 1. -- Further connections(?) s. πίτυς.

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