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piscis fish
piscis is a Latin Noun that primarily means fish.
Definitions for piscis
Wheelock's Latin
Noun
- 1
fish
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Noun
- 1
A fish. (b) (transf.) a fish-emblem on the helmet of a murmillo.
- 2
(astron.) (a) (pl.) The constellation Pisces, the (two) Fishes; (also sg.). (b) ~is australis or sim., the constellation Piscis australis. (c) (appl. applied to Capricorn, which was something conceived of as part fish).
Sentences with piscis
Latin to English
Leonum feritas inter se non dimicat, serpentium morsus non petit serpentis, ne maris quidem beluae ac pisces nisi in diversa genera saeviunt: at Hercule homini plurima ex homine sunt mala.Compare Fierce lions do not fight among themselves, the serpent's bite attacks not serpents, even the monsters of the sea and the fishes are only cruel against different species; whereas to man, I vow, most of his evils come from his fellow men.
Videbar videre alios intrantes, alios autem exeuntes, quosdam ex vino vacillantes, quosdam hesterna ex potatione oscitantes. Humus erat immunda, lutulenta vino, coronis languidulis et spinis cooperta piscium. (Pro Gallio, fragmenta).Compare I thought I saw some people entering, others leaving, some reeling drunkenly, others yawning from last night's tippling; the floor was filthy, stained with wine, covered with withered wreaths and fishbones.
Divine Plato esca malum voluptas appello, quod is videlicet homo capio, ut hamus piscis.Compare Plato admirably calls pleasure the bait of sin, because by it, as he explains, men are caught, as fish by a hook.
Declension table for piscis
Cactus2000
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nom. | piscis | piscēs |
| Gen. | piscis | piscium / -um |
| Dat. | piscī | piscibus |
| Acc. | piscem | piscēs / -īs |
| Abl. | pisce | piscibus |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 483.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1383.
- Word frequencies
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "piscis, piscis (n.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 21, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/piscis-piscis.
Entry created on . Last updated on .
Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 483.on page 483
