pingere
To paint in Latin is pingere.
The verb pingere is used to describe the action of applying paint to a surface. The related noun pigmentum refers to the substance used for coloring or a set of containers of different colored paints.
Meaning: to apply paint to (verb)
Related words
How does it change in a sentence?
The infinitive form is pingere. For the third-person singular present indicative, use pingit to say he, she or it paints. To express the past tense for he, she or it painted, use the perfect tense form pinxit.
Did you know?
- In some contexts, pingere could refer to the act of tattooing the skin, treating the body as a canvas for painting.
- The perfect tense form pinxit is a common sight in inscriptions on ancient Roman statues and monuments to denote the artist'1s work.
- The Latin verb pingere also meant 'to describe' or 'to portray' in a literary sense, effectively treating writing as a form of painting with words.
Examples in context
- Colorare murumTo paint/color the wall.
- Meam faciem pingere voloI want to paint my face.
- Hodie tabulam colorare voloToday, I want to paint a picture.
- Pictor pingere debet.The painter must paint.
- Nunc parietes pingere possumus.Now we can paint the walls.
Example conversation
Lucius and Claudia are discussing home renovations.
- LuciusClaudia, visne hanc portam pingere?Claudia, do you want to paint this door?
- ClaudiaIta, sed non habeo pigmenta.Yes, but I do not have any paint.
- LuciusEgo pigmenta emere possum.I can buy the paint.
- ClaudiaTunc possumus cras pingere.Then we can paint tomorrow.
Sources
- Pronunciation: Wiktionary entry pingere, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
