piscarius

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

piscārĭus, a, um, adj. [piscis],

I of or belonging to fishing or fish , fish- : copia piscaria, Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 65: forum piscarium, the fish-market , id. Curc. 4, 1, 13: hamulus, id. Stich. 2, 1, 17.—

II Subst.

A piscārĭus , ii, m., a fish-monger : nullus in piscariā piscis erat: inter piscarios nemo vendebat, Varr. in Perott. in Cornucop.—

B piscārĭa , ae, f., fish-market , Varr. Fragm. v. supra; Dig. 50, 16, 17.