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Pictor
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pictor
English
Etymology
Named by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1763. From en la pīctor easel.
Proper noun
en constellation A summer constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble an easel. It lies between the constellations Carina and Dorado.
Derived terms
en Pictoris
Translations
constellation
Esperanto: eo Pentristo
Finnish: fi Maalari
French: fr Peintre m
German: de Maler m
Irish: ga Péintéir m an Péintéir
Malay: ms Pelukis
Polish: pl Malarz m
Russian: ru Живописец
Spanish: es Pictor
See also
en Kapteyn's Star
Anagrams
en cioprt -tropic Tropic protic tropic
Latin
Etymology
From la pictor painter.
Pronunciation
Pictor
Proper noun
Pictor<3>
a en cognomen famously held by:
Quintus Fabius Pictor Quīntus Fabius Pictor, a Roman politician
Declension
Pictor<3>
References
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la cognomina