pescoso
See also: Pescoso
Italian
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Etymology
From Latin piscōsus, derived from piscis (“fish”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
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- (of a body of water) fishful (abundant in fish)
- 1825, Vincenzo Monti, transl., Iliade [Iliad], Milan: Giovanni Resnati e Gius. Bernardoni di Gio, translation of Ἰλιάς (Iliás) by Homer, published 1840, Book 9, page 182, lines 6–12:
- in quella guisa, ¶ Che il pescoso Oceàno si rabbuffa, ¶ Quando improvviso dalla tracia tana ¶ Di Ponente sorgiunge e d’Aquilone ¶ L’impetuoso soffio; alto s’estolle ¶ L’onda e si sparge di molt’alga il lido; ¶ Tale è l’interna degli Achei tempesta.
- In a manner similar to how the fishful ocean swells when, from the Thracian lair, suddenly the impetuous blowing of the west and north winds comes, [and] the wave rises high, scattering lots of algae on the beach; such is the Achaeans’ inner storm.
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References
- pescoso in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana