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English
Noun
Pictones pl (plural only)
- (historical) A Celtic tribe of Aquitania, whose capital was Limonum.
- Synonym: Pictavi
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
The -on element suggests that the name was borrowed through Ancient Greek rather than coined, probably ultimately related to the Celtic origin of Pictus.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Pictonēs m pl (genitive Pictonum); third declension
- A Celtic tribe of Aquitania, whose capital was Limonum
Declension
Third-declension noun, plural only.
References
- “Pictones”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Pictones in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Pictones”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- Hudson, Benjamin (2014): The Picts
- Smith, J.R. (1864): History of the Names of Men, Nations, and Places in Their Connection with the Progress of Civilization, Volume 2