paint (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. pigmentum (any colouring matter)2. fūcus (red colouring matter; esp. as cosmetic)3. vĕnēnum (poet.)4. mĕdĭcāmentum, (colouring matter5. (black p. or varnish) ātrāmentum6. cŏlor, ōris (colouring matter, whether in its native state or prepared for use) • paint (subs.): 1. pigmentum (any colouring matter): Cic. Div. 1, 13, 23: Plin. 2. fūcus (red colouring matter; esp. as cosmetic): Quint. 2, 15, 25: Hor.: Plin. 3. vĕnēnum (poet.): Ov. R. Am. 351 (= cosmetic): Hor. 4. mĕdĭcāmentum, (colouring matter: rare): to use vermilion as a p., m. minio uti, Vitr. 7, 5, 8: Sen. (= cosmetic). Also mĕdĭcāmen, ĭnis, n. (mostly poet.): a face bedaubed with p., facies medicamine attrita, Petr. 126: Ov. 5. (black p. or varnish) ātrāmentum: Vitr. 7, 10, 1: Plin. 6. cŏlor, ōris (colouring matter, whether in its native state or prepared for use): Vitr. 7, 6, sqq. Phr.: to lay a coat of red p. on a wall, parietem minio (rubrica) inducere; parieti minium (rubricam) inducere: cf. Vitr. 7, 9, 2.