LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun

pĭnăcŏthēca

Meaning

  1. a picture-gallery

pĭnăcŏthēca, ae, and pĭnăcŏ-thēcē, ēs, f., = πινακοθήκη,
I. 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.

In English words that came into English from pĭnăcŏthēca

  • pinacothecapĭnăcŏthēca

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

AntiquitiesPinacothecaPinacotheca (πινακοθήκη, Strab. xiv. p.367), a picture-gallery. Marcellus, after the capture of Syracuse, first displayed the works of Greek painters …

Quick answers

What does pĭnăcŏthēca mean in Latin?
pĭnăcŏthēca, a noun, means “a picture-gallery”.