piscatorius

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

piscātōrĭus, a, um, adj. [piscator],

of or belonging to fishermen , fishing- : naves, fishing-smacks , Caes. B. C. 2, 4; Liv. 36, 27: casa, Petr. 115: harundo, a fishing-rod , Plin. 16, 36, 66, § 172: lina, of which nets were made , id. 24, 9, 40, § 65: forum, Col. 8, 17, 15: piscatorii ludi vocantur, qui quotannis mense Junio trans Tiberim fieri solent a praetore urbano pro piscatoribus Tiberinis, Fest. p. 238 Müll.; cf. Ov. F. 6, 239: piscatorium aes vetusto more appellatur, quod in monte Albano datur pro piscibus, Fest. p. 210 Müll.

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