English

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

• Pictoris

Translations

See also

• Kapteyn's Star

Anagrams

• protic
• tropic, Tropic

Interlingua

Noun

pictor ‎(plural pictores)

1. painter

Latin

Etymology

Consists of pic- +‎ -tor. Latin pic- is the root of pingō ‎(“paint, embroider”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

pictor m ‎(genitive pictōris); third declension

1. A painter; embroider.
2. (later Latin): An easel (for holding a painting).

Inflection

Third declension.

Derived terms

• pictōrius

Related terms

• pictūra
• pictūrātus
• pingō

Descendants

References

• pictor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• pictor in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “pictor”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• pictor in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• pictor in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Romanian

Pictor

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin pictor.

Noun

pictor m ‎(plural pictori)

1. painter (artist)

Declension

Related terms

• pictură
• picta
• pictoriță