Pictor
See also: pictor
English
editEtymology
editNamed by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1763. From Latin pīctor (“easel”).
Proper noun
editPictor
- (astronomy) A summer constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble an easel. It lies between the constellations Carina and Dorado.
Derived terms
editTranslations
editconstellation
See also
editAnagrams
editLatin
editEtymology
editFrom pictor (“painter”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈpik.tor/, [ˈpɪkt̪ɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpik.tor/, [ˈpikt̪or]
Proper noun
editPictor m sg (genitive Pictōris); third declension
- a cognomen famously held by:
- Quīntus Fabius Pictor, a Roman politician
Declension
editThird-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.
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