pecto — Lewis & Short
pecto, pexi (pexui, pectĭtum, 3, v. a.Gr. pe/kw, pekte/w, to comb, shear; po/kos, fleece; Lat. pecten,
Alcim. Ep. 77), pexum andI to comb.
I Lit.:
tenues comas,Tib. 1, 9, 68:
longas comas,id. 2, 5, 8:
caesariem,Hor. C. 1, 15, 14:
capillos,Ov. H. 13, 31; cf.: pexisti capillum, Maec. ap. Prisc. p. 903 P:
barbam,Juv. 14, 216:
pectebat ferum (cervum),Verg. A. 7, 489:
capilli pexi,Juv. 11, 150:
pexa barba,Mart. 7, 58, 2:
ille pexus pinguisque doctor,Quint. 1, 5, 14.—In a Greek construction:
ipsa comas pectar,Ov. H. 13, 39.—
II Transf.
A To comb, card, heckle:
stuppa pectitur ferreis hamis,Plin. 19, 1, 3, § 17:
pectitae lanae,Col. 12, 3, 6.—
B To dress, hoe, weed, Col. 10, 148:
pectita tellus,id. 10, 94.—Hence,
III Trop., comic.: aliquem fusti or pugnis, to give one a dressing or thrashing:
leno pugnis pectitur,Plaut. Rud. 3, 2, 47:
pugnis,id. Men. 5, 7, 28:
aliquem fusti,id. Capt. 4, 2, 116.—Hence, pexus (as a surname, written PEXSVS, PEXSA, Inscr. Grut. 487, 1; Marin. Iscriz. Alb. p. 91), a, um, P. a., woolly, that still has the nap on, new:
tunica,Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 95:
vestes,Plin. 8, 48, 73, § 191.—Hence: pexa munera, prob. a new woolly toga, Mart. 7, 46, 6.—
B Transf.:
folium,woolly, Col. 11, 3, 26.