pitch (subs.) Copy link Outline I. The resinII. Degree of elevation, esp. in certain phrr.III. In music. Phr.IV. Inclination • pitch (subs.): I. The resin: pix, pĭcis, f.: Plin.: Hor. Of p., pĭceus: Lucan 10, 491 (v. pitchy): to smear with p., picare (v. pitch, IV.). II. Degree of elevation, esp. in certain phrr.: highest p., fastīgium summum (v. eminence, II.): to such a p., huc, eo, or ădeo; to what a p., quo: foll. by part. gen.: to get to such a p. of arrogance, eo arrogantiae progredi, Suet. Aug. 77. to what a p. of madness, quo amentiae, Liv. 28, 27: Cic. III. In music. Phr.: at the highest p. of the voice, summa voce, Hor. S. 1, 3, 7: in every voice there is an intermediate p., in omni voce medium quoddam est, Cic. de Or. 3, 61, init.: a high, low, intermediate p. of the voice, vox acuta, gravis, media, Macr. Sat. 1, pref. med. IV. Inclination: fastīgium: v. slope.