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