cetarius

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

cētārĭus, a, um, adj. [cetus], of or pertaining to fish; only subst.

I cētārĭus , ii, m., a fish-monger , Ter. Eun. 257 (also in Cic. Off. 1, 42, 150); Varr. ap. Non. p. 49, 15; Col. 8, 17, 12.— Cētārĭus , title of a book of C. Matius, Col. 12, 46, 1.—

II cētā-rĭum , ii, n., a fish-pond , Hor. S. 2, 5, 44.— Access. form cētārĭa , ae, f.; acc. plur. cetarias, Plin. 9, 15, 19, § 49; 37, 5, 17, § 66; an uncertain form, abl. plur. cetariis, Plin. 9, 30, 48, § 91; 31, 8, 43, § 94.

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