Lewis & Short

dēpictĭo, ōnis, f. [depingo],

  1. I. a description, delineation, Boeth. Geom. 1, p. 1210 al.
  2. II. Rhet. t. t., a characterization, = characterismus, Auct. Carm. de Fig. 148, p. 68 Halm.