The story
- Latin · derived frompīctor“easel”
- English todayPictor
Named by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1763. From Latin pīctor (“easel”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Pictor
Today it means: A summer constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble an easel. It lies between the constellations Carina and Dorado. Full definition →
Latin pīctor