piscarius

Latin

Etymology

From piscis (“fish”) +‎ -ārius (suffix forming relational adjectives and agent nouns).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /pisˈkaː.ri.us/, [pɪs̠ˈkäːriʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pisˈka.ri.us/, [pisˈkäːrius]

Adjective

piscārius (feminine piscāria, neuter piscārium); first/second-declension adjective

1. of or pertaining to fish or fishing

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	piscārius	piscāria	piscārium		piscāriī	piscāriae	piscāria
Genitive	piscāriī	piscāriae	piscāriī		piscāriōrum	piscāriārum	piscāriōrum
Dative	piscāriō		piscāriō		piscāriīs
Accusative	piscārium	piscāriam	piscārium		piscāriōs	piscāriās	piscāria
Ablative	piscāriō	piscāriā	piscāriō		piscāriīs
Vocative	piscārie	piscāria	piscārium		piscāriī	piscāriae	piscāria

Descendants

• Galician: pesqueiro, pesqueira

Noun

piscārius m (genitive piscāriī or piscārī); second declension

1. fishmonger

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	piscārius	piscāriī
Genitive	piscāriī piscārī1	piscāriōrum
Dative	piscāriō	piscāriīs
Accusative	piscārium	piscāriōs
Ablative	piscāriō	piscāriīs
Vocative	piscārie	piscāriī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

• Aromanian: piscar
• Friulian: pessâr
• Galician: peixeiro, pesqueira
• Portuguese: peixeiro
• Romanian: pescar
• Sicilian: pisciaru
• Spanish: pesquero

Related terms

• piscis

References

• “piscarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• piscarius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.