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): [ˈpɪk.tɔ.neːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈpik.to.nes] === 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