pistris

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πίστρις (pístris).

Noun[edit]

pistris f (genitive pistris); third declension

  1. Any sea monster; a whale, shark, sawfish

Declension[edit]

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative pistris pistrēs
Genitive pistris pistrium
Dative pistrī pistribus
Accusative pistrem pistrēs
pistrīs
Ablative pistre pistribus
Vocative pistris pistrēs

Synonyms[edit]

References[edit]

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