ăcĭpenser, ĕris, and ăcĭpensis, is (also aquip., not accipenser), m., = ἀκκῐπήσιος,
a fish very highly esteemed in the age of the greatest luxury of the Romans , perh. the sturgeon , Cic. Tusc. 3, 18; id. Fin. 2, 8; Hor. S. 2, 2, 47; Ov. Hal. 132.
acipēnser eris, m 2 AC- + pinna, a sea-fish , (esteemed a dainty dish), C., H., O. ...
An Elementary Latin Dictionary
·noun A genus of ganoid fishes, including the sturgeons, having the body armed with bony scales, and...
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