piscis

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Latin

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Duo piscēs.

Etymology

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    From Proto-Italic *piskis, from Proto-Indo-European *péysks. Cognates include Old Irish íasc, Gothic 𐍆𐌹𐍃𐌺𐍃 (fisks) and Old English fisċ (English fish).

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    piscis m (genitive piscis); third declension

    1. fish

    Usage notes

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    The singular form may also be used as a collective noun.

    Declension

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    Third-declension noun (i-stem).

    Case Singular Plural
    Nominative piscis piscēs
    Genitive piscis piscium
    Dative piscī piscibus
    Accusative piscem piscēs
    piscīs
    Ablative pisce piscibus
    Vocative piscis piscēs

    Derived terms

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    Descendants

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    References

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    • piscis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • piscis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • piscis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
    • piscis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
      • to live on meat, fish, by plunder: vivere carne, piscibus, rapto (Liv. 7. 25)

    Spanish

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    Adjective

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    piscis (invariable)

    1. born under the zodiac sign Pisces

    Further reading

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