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Definition of Picti

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Depiction
Depiction De*pic"tion, n. [L. depictio.] A painting or depicting; a representation.
Pictish
Pictish Pict"ish, a. Of or pertaining to Picts; resembling the Picts. ``The Pictish peer.' --Byron.
Procapra picticauda
Goa Go"a, n. (Zo["o]l.) A species of antelope (Procapra picticauda), inhabiting Thibet.

Meaning of Picti from wikipedia

- culture can be gleaned from early medieval texts and Pictish stones. The name Picti appears in written records as an exonym from the late third century AD....
- from the time of the Roman Empire, some of which were labelled with tituli picti. It is one of the largest spoil heaps found anywhere in the ancient world...
- information such as origin, destination, type of product, and owner. Tituli picti are frequent on ancient Roman pottery containers used for trade. They were...
- specifies information such as origin, destination, type of product, etc. Tituli picti are frequent on ancient Roman pottery containers used for trade. "New brand...
- mackerel, or tuna, and then fermenting them in brine. In most surviving tituli picti inscribed on amphorae, where the fish ingredient is shown, the fish is mackerel...
- language. Drawing on the confusion of the Scotti with both Scythia and the Picti, as well as on the late antique conceptualisation of Scythia as a typical...
- 390s, Stilicho attempted to restore control, with a campaign against the Picti, but this was undermined in 401 when Stilicho transferred troops to the...
- likely means "people of the forms", and could be linked to the Latin name Picti (the Picts), which is usually explained as meaning "painted people". The...
- north as the Antonine Wall. North of this was Caledonia, inhabited by the Picti, whose uprisings forced Rome's legions back to Hadrian's Wall. As Rome finally...
- ISBN 9780309046855. Robert Curtis (Curtis 1983) showed that in most surviving tituli picti inscribed on amphorae, where the fish ingredient is shown, the fish is mackerel...