Pictones
English edit
Noun edit
Pictones pl (plural only)
- (historical) A Celtic tribe of Aquitania, whose capital was Limonum.
- Synonym: Pictavi
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
The -on element suggests that the name was borrowed through Ancient Greek rather than coined, probably ultimately related to the Celtic origin of Pictus.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpik.to.neːs/, [ˈpɪkt̪ɔneːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpik.to.nes/, [ˈpikt̪ones]
Proper noun edit
Pictonēs m pl (genitive Pictonum); third declension
Declension edit
Third-declension noun, plural only.
Case | Plural |
---|---|
Nominative | Pictonēs |
Genitive | Pictonum |
Dative | Pictonibus |
Accusative | Pictonēs |
Ablative | Pictonibus |
Vocative | Pictonēs |
References edit
- “Pictones”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Pictones in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Pictones”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- Hudson, Benjamin (2014): The Picts
- Smith, J.R. (1864): History of the Names of Men, Nations, and Places in Their Connection with the Progress of Civilization, Volume 2