English → Latin
“fishery” in Latin
piscātusa fishing, the catching of a fish; fish, the catch of the day; (of a mistress) a catch, findpiscātiōa fishing, fishery
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
fishery
piscatus: piscatio (the occupation, Plin. 6, 22, 24; 8, 16, 17): whale-fishery, *captura balaenarum: pearl-fishery, *margaritarum conquisitio: to be engaged in the pearl-fishery, *margaritas conquirere (☞ but margaritas urinari is without sense, and has probably arisen from some misinterpretation of the passage in Plin., 9, 35, 55, extr. “has margaritas urinantium cura peti “).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for fishery?
- The usual Latin words for “fishery” are piscātus, piscātiō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.