depictio

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

dēpictĭo, ōnis, f. [depingo],

I a description, delineation , Boeth. Geom. 1, p. 1210 al.—

II Rhet. t. t., a characterization , = characterismus, Auct. Carm. de Fig. 148, p. 68 Halm.