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Pictor
[ pik-ter ]
noun
, Astronomy.
, genitive Pic·to·res [pik-, tawr, -is, -, tohr, -].
- the Painter, a southern constellation between Dorado and Carina.
Pictor
/ ˈpɪktə /
noun
- a faint constellation in the S hemisphere lying between Dorado and Carina
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Pictor1
Latin: painter
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Example Sentences
How vivid and personal is, for instance, "Pictor Ignotus," one of the earlier poems!
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Livy in general adheres to the epoch of Cato, though he sometimes follows that of Fabius Pictor.
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Fabius Pictor, the oldest of our historians, adds, that such was the number of those who were able to bear arms.
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In the first book of Fabius Pictor, we have the form of words which the supreme pontiff is to repeat when he takes a virgin.
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Some of the faint stars—for instance, the galloping star in Pictor—are indeed nearer to us than many of the brighter ones.
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