Definitions for Picus

Picus Pi·cus

Spelling: [pahy-kuh s]
IPA: /ˈpaɪ kəs/

Picus is a 5 letter English word.

You can make 57 anagrams from letters in Picus (cipsu).

Definitions for Picus

noun

  1. an ancient Italian god of agriculture.

Examples for Picus

Picus mentalis humei (Hargitt): Checkered-throated Woodpecker.

Picus begot Faunus, the second king of Laurentum; and he too is, or was, a god with them.

On the subject of Picus one may consult Ovid, Metamorph, xiv.

Circe also changed Picus into a bird, when he did not respond to her advances.

The scientific name is Picus viridis; the first signifying a Woodpecker, and the last green.

Here the story runs that Circe loved Picus, whom she met in the woods.

Picus without any special title; the heading de hominis dignitate was added later.

The most important of those that remained was the prophetic ilex grove upon the Aventine hill, sacred to Faunus and Picus.

In the case of Mars, as well as of Picus and Faunus, the same succession is followed.

Picus puniceus observandus (Hartert): Crimson-winged Woodpecker.

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