pitch (v.) Copy link Outline A. Trans.I. To fasten, set Phr.II. To flingIII. To set the key-note for musicIV. To cover with p.B. Intrans.I. To light on; in this sense, usu. to pitch uponII. Of ships, to rise and fall from bow to stern • pitch (v.): A. Trans.: I. To fasten, set Phr.: to p. one's camp, castra ponere, Caes.: Liv. pass.: to p. tents, tabernacula (sc. militum] statuere, Caes. B. C. 1, 81 (eo die tabernacula statui passus non est, quo paratiores essent, etc.): also, to p. one's tent, tentorium ponere, Ov. F. 3, 527; t. statuere, Lucan 9, 912: in wider sense, sedem habere, Sall. Jug. 18, init. II. To fling: conjĭcio, 3: v. to throw. III. To set the key-note for music: Phr.: to p. a tune too high or low, *acutius vel gravius quam decebat sonare, canendo praeire v. pitch, subs. (III.). IV. To cover with p.: pĭco, 1: to p. wine-jars, dolia p., Cato R. R. 25: Suet.: Col. Also, impĭco, 1 (v. rare): Col. (Or by circuml., pice illinere, linere, etc.: v. to smear.) B. Intrans.: I. To light on; in this sense, usu. to pitch upon: incĭdo, 3: v. to fall on (I., III., IV.). II. Of ships, to rise and fall from bow to stern: *in longitudinem sursum deorsum ferri, inclinari.