pictura

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

pictūra ae, f

PIC-, painting, the art of painting : ars ratioque picturae: Ut pictura poësis, H.— A painting, picture : (in tabulā) inerat pictura haec, T.: pictura in tabulā, in textili, painting . . . embroidery : animum picturā pascit inani, unreal , V.—Fig., in language, a painting, picture : Homeri.