Picenum

From pīcus (“woodpecker”), the name of the local tribe's sacred animal.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /piːˈkeː.num/, [piːˈkeːnʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /piˈt͡ʃe.num/, [piˈt͡ʃɛːnum]

Regio V - Picenum

Pīcēnum n sg (genitive Pīcēnī); second declension

1. An ancient region in Italy, extending from the mouth of the river Aesis to that of the Matrinus, corresponding more or less to the region of Marche

Second-declension noun (neuter), singular only.

• Pīcēnus
• Pīcens
• Pīcēntes

• “Picenum”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• Picenum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.