Pictor
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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.
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