verb transitive

dē-pingo

2nd PP dē-pingere · 3rd PP dēpinxi · 4th PP dēpictum · conj. 3rd

perf. syncop. depinxti, Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 154), v. a.

perf. syncop. depinxti, Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 154), v. a.

To depict, portray, paint, draw, represent by painting

To depict, portray, paint, draw, represent by painting (rare but class.).

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Lit.: tabellas obscenas, Prop. 2, 6, 27: pugnam Marathoniam, Nep. Milt. 6, 3: imaginem in tabula, Quint. 6, 1, 32; cf. Gell. 19, 10, 2: depinge, ubi sistam, Pers. 6, 79: idola in pariete, Vulg. Ezech 8, 10.—

To paint, color •

To paint, color: oculos stibio, Vulg. 4 Reg. 9, 30.—

to portray, represent, sketch, describe, imagine, conceive figuratively ••

Trop., by speech or in thought, to portray, represent, sketch, describe, imagine, conceive: formam verbis, Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 154; cf. Quint. 8, 3, 63: in illa (sc. republica), quam sibi Socrates Peripatetico illo in sermone depinxerit, Cic. Rep. 2, 29: vitam hujusce, Cic. Rosc. Am. 27, 74: minuta quaedam nimiumque depicta, too elaborately defined, id. Or. 12, 39: quidvis cogitatione, i. e. to imagine, id. N. D. 1, 15, 39; cf. id. Ac. 2, 15, 48.—

To embroider •

To embroider: depictas gemmatasque indutus paenulas, Suet. Calig. 52: auro depicta chlamys, Val. Fl. 6, 226.

Perseus ID: n13181 Key: depingo