Pictor

See also: pictor

English

Etymology

Named by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1763. From Latin pīctor (“easel”).

Proper noun

Pictor

  1. (astronomy) A summer constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble an easel. It lies between the constellations Carina and Dorado.

Derived terms

Translations

See also
  • Kapteyn's Star

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From pictor (“painter”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpik.tor/, [ˈpɪk.tɔr]

Proper noun

Pictor m (genitive Pictōris); third declension

  1. a cognomen famously held by:
    1. Quintus Fabius Pictor, a Roman politician

Declension

Third declension.

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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