LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

piscātōrius

piscātōrius (feminine piscātōria, neuter piscātōrium)

Meaning

  1. adjectiveof or belonging to fisherman, piscatory, piscatorial

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativepiscātōriuspiscātōriapiscātōrium
genitivepiscātōriīpiscātōriaepiscātōriī
dativepiscātōriōpiscātōriaepiscātōriō
accusativepiscātōriumpiscātōriampiscātōrium
ablativepiscātōriōpiscātōriāpiscātōriō
vocativepiscātōriepiscātōriapiscātōrium
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativepiscātōriīpiscātōriaepiscātōria
genitivepiscātōriōrumpiscātōriārumpiscātōriōrum
dativepiscātōriīspiscātōriīspiscātōriīs
accusativepiscātōriōspiscātōriāspiscātōria
ablativepiscātōriīspiscātōriīspiscātōriīs
vocativepiscātōriīpiscātōriaepiscātōria

piscātōrĭus, a, um, adj. piscator,
I. 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.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*péysks
  2. Proto-Italic*piskis
  3. Latinpiscātōrius

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -or Latin piscor Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin piscātor Latin -ius Latin piscātōrius From piscātor (“fisher, fisherman”) + -ius.

Descendants
  • Italianpiscatorio
  • Portuguesepiscatório
  • Translingualpiscatorius

Quick answers

What does piscātōrius mean in Latin?
piscātōrius, a adjective, means “of or belonging to fisherman, piscatory, piscatorial”.
Where does piscātōrius come from?
Proto-Indo-European *péysks → Proto-Italic *piskis → Latin piscātōrius.