proper noun
Picti
Meaning
- a people of Britain
Picti, ōrum, m. pingo, the painted people,
I. 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.