paint (v.) Copy link Outline A. Trans.I. To represent by colours, to adorn by means of themII. To colour1. indūco, xi, ctum, 3 (to lay or smear over)2. fūco, 13. expingo, 3III. Fig.1. pingo, dēpingo, 32. exprĭmo, descrībo, 3B. Intrans.I. To execute picturesII. To use colour • paint (v.): A. Trans.: I. To represent by colours, to adorn by means of them: pingo, nxi, ctum, 3: to p. pictures, tabulas p., Cic. Inv. 2, init.: to p. the likeness of a man, hominis speciem p., id. de Or. 2, 16, 69: also, p. Alexandrum, to p. (the portrait of) Alexander, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 239. Comps. (1). dēpingo, 3 (same sense): to p. the battle of Marathon, pugnam Marathoniam d., Nep. Milt. 6: Quint. (2). expingo, 3 (rare): Plin. 35, 7, 31. Phr.: to p. in encaustic, picturas inurere, Plin. l. c. II. To colour: 1. indūco, xi, ctum, 3 (to lay or smear over): originally with the subs. for paint, colour, expressed: cf. Hor. A. P. 2, varios inducere colores: Plin. 35, 6, 26, ovo inducere purpurissum, i. e. to lay on purple with white of egg: also absol.: nowadays whole walls are p.'d, nunc toti parietes inducuntur, Vitr. 7, 5, fin. (as distinguished from the true decorative art, l. c. § 2, sqq.): to p. the walls of a house with vermilion, parietes minio i., id. 7, 9, 2. Vitr. also uses the constr. of acc. and dat.: cf. supr. 2. fūco, 1: p.'d boards, fucatae colore tabulae, Tac. A. 2, 14: Hor. Esp. to p. the face (use cosmetics): Quint. 8, pref. § 19. 3. expingo, 3: to p. the cheeks, genas ex., Mart. 7, 83: Tert. (N.B.--Expolio includes the whole of decorative art: cf. Vitr. 7, 9, 2.) III. Fig.: to represent as if with colours; to depict: 1. pingo, dēpingo, 3: the theme which I am wont to p. with varied colouring in my own speeches, locus quem ego varie meis orationibus soleo p., Cic. Att. 1, 14, 4: to p. any one's life and character, vitam alicujus depingere, id. R. Am. 27, 74: to p. any one in his true colours, *alicujus vitam moresque suis coloribus expingere. 2. exprĭmo, descrībo, 3: v. to describe, represent. B. Intrans.: I. To execute pictures: pingo, 3: his daughter also p.'d, cujus filia et ipsa pinxit, Plin. 35, 9, 35 § 59 (usu. better expr. tabulas). II. To use colour: Phr.: colorem fuco mentiri, Quint. 2, 15, 25; genas expingere, Mart.: v. supr. (II.).
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.
PAINT Copy link • PAINT 1. v. TRANS., (1) PROP. (a) To represent by colors, with delineation, pingere; depingere; coloribus reddere. To paint figures, coloribus figuras depingere: to paint a face, effingere oris lineamenta: to paint a thing after an original, similitudinem ex vero effingere. (b) To lay on colors, colorare aliquid; colores inducere alicui rei; fucare; infucare; pigmentis illinere: to paint white, albos colores alicui rei inducere; cerussa illinere or oblinere (with white-lead): to paint a house, aedificium expolire (Vitr.): painted boards, tabulae colore fucatae (Tac.): to paint one’s self (one’s face), colorem fuco mentiri; fucare colorem. (2) Figuratively, pingere; depingere; ante oculos ponere alicui aliquid: painted, fucatus, infucatus: to paint in vivid or lively colors, lectis verborum coloribus depingere aliquid (after Gell., 14, 4, 1): to paint anybody in his true colors, alicujus naturam certis describere signis; perhaps *alicujus vivam or vividam imaginem exprimere; alicujus vitia (or vitia et virtutes, as the case may be) deformare (Rutilius, Lupus); imaginem consuetudinis atque vitae alicujus exprimere. INTRANS., pingere. 2. PROP., pigmentum (the proper word); also, color, fucus (PROP. and figuratively). To mix or prepare paint, *pigmenta temperare, subigere, miscere: prepared paints, qui arte fiunt, qui mixtione, temperatura, perficiuntur (Vitr.): to put on four coats of paint, quater inducere colorem picturae: the blood of the crocodile is used as a paint, crocodili sanguine pictores utuntur. Figuratively, color; pigmenta, plur.; fucus: truth without paint, veritas nuda et simplex.