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picō

[ˈpɪ.koː]

verb

LanguageLatin

Meaning
  1. to smear with pitch, to tar
  2. to season (wine) with a pitchy flavour
  3. to smear with pitch
  4. To cover something with pitch or tar. It can also refer to adding a pitch-like flavor to wine.
Examples

Navis picatur.

The ship is being smeared with pitch.

Pronunciationˈpɪ.koː

Part of speechverb

Usage noteThis is a first-conjugation verb.

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Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 4 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.