Pictor
See also: pictor
English edit
Etymology edit
Named by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1763. From Latin pīctor (“easel”).
Proper noun edit
Pictor
- (astronomy) A summer constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble an easel. It lies between the constellations Carina and Dorado.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
constellation
See also edit
Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From pictor (“painter”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpik.tor/, [ˈpɪkt̪ɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpik.tor/, [ˈpikt̪or]
Proper noun edit
Pictor m sg (genitive Pictōris); third declension
- a cognomen famously held by:
- Quīntus Fabius Pictor, a Roman politician
Declension edit
Third-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Pictor |
Genitive | Pictōris |
Dative | Pictōrī |
Accusative | Pictōrem |
Ablative | Pictōre |
Vocative | Pictor |
References edit
- “Pictor2”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Pictor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.