noun

Pīcus

gen. Pīci · gender masculine · decl. 2nd

son of Saturn; grandfather of Latinus; king of the aborigines

son of Saturn, grandfather of Latinus, king of the aborigines, and a prophet; he was changed by Circe, whose love he had slighted, into a woodpecker, Ov. M. 14, 320; Verg. A. 7, 189 Serv.; Juv. 8, 131.

Perseus ID: n36267 Key: Picus2