piscis

See also: Piscis

Latin

Duo piscēs.

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *peysḱ-. Cognates include Old Irish íasc, Gothic 𐍆𐌹𐍃𐌺𐍃 (fisks) and Old English fisc (English fish).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpis.kis/, [ˈpɪs.kɪs]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpi.ʃis/, [ˈpiʃ.ʃis]
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Noun

piscis m (genitive piscis); third declension

  1. a fish

Usage notes

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

Inflection

Third declension i-stem.

Case Singular Plural
nominative piscis piscēs
genitive piscis piscium
dative piscī piscibus
accusative piscem piscēs
ablative pisce piscibus
vocative piscis piscēs

Derived terms

  • Piscis (“Piscis Austrinus (constellation)”, literally “the Fish”)
  • Piscēs (“Pisces (constellation)”, literally “the Fishes”)

Descendants

References

  • 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, 1883–1887)
  • piscis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to live on meat, fish, by plunder: vivere carne, piscibus, rapto (Liv. 7. 25)

Spanish

Adjective

piscis (invariant)

  1. Born under the zodiac sign Pisces.
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