pĭnăcŏthēca, ae, and pĭnăcŏ-thēcē, ēs, f., = πινακοθήκη,
a picture-gallery : ut videant pinacothecas, Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 10: ut in pinacothece faciant, id. ib. 1, 59, 2; Vitr. 6, 5; 6, 18; Plin. 35, 2, 2, § 4: celeberrimi pictores, quorum tabulae pinacothecas implent, id. 35, 11, 40, § 148: FLAVIVS APOLLONIVS QVI FVIT A PINACOTHECIS, director of the picture-galleries , Inscr. Fabr. 724, n. 443.