Picti

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Picti, ōrum, m. [pingo, the painted people],

a people of Britain , the Picts or ancient Caledonians (so named from their practice of tattooing themselves), Amm. 20, 1, 1; Claud. III. Cons. Hon. 54; id. Laud. Stil. 2, 254.

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