Pictones

English

Noun

Pictones pl (plural only)

(historical) A Celtic tribe of Aquitania, whose capital was Limonum.
Synonym: Pictavi

Latin

Alternative forms

Pictāvī

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

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpik.to.neːs/, [ˈpɪkt̪ɔneːs̠]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpik.to.nes/, [ˈpikt̪ones]

Proper noun

Pictonēs m pl (genitive Pictonum); third declension

A Celtic tribe of Aquitania, whose capital was Limonum

Declension

Third-declension noun, plural only.

	plural
nominative	Pictonēs
genitive	Pictonum
dative	Pictonibus
accusative	Pictonēs
ablative	Pictonibus
vocative	Pictonēs

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