LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinethird declension

piscis1

piscis m (genitive piscis)
Classical[ˈpɪs.kɪs]Ecclesiastical[ˈpiʃ.ʃis]
Mille Verba core vocabulary

Meaning

  1. masculinefish

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

animal aquae; pedēs nōn habet, sed caudā natat.
piscis -is m — in Mille Verba, Mare et Nāvēs

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativepiscispiscēs
genitivepiscispiscium
dativepiscīpiscibus
accusativepiscempiscēs
piscīs
ablativepiscepiscibus
vocativepiscispiscēs

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

vivere carne, piscibus, rapto (Liv. 7. 25)
to live on meat, fish, by plunder.

piscis, is, m. etym. dub.; cf. Angl. -Sax. fisk, Germ. Fisch,
I. a fish.
I. Lit.: ubi lanigerum pecus piscibus pascit, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. s. v. cyprio, p. 59 Müll. (Sat. v. 42 Vahl.); id. ap. App. Mag. p. 299 (Heduph. v. 5 Vahl.); Plaut. As. 1, 3, 26; id. Truc. 2, 3, 1: pisces ut saepe minutos magnu' comest, Varr. ap. Non. 81, 11: etsi pisces ut aiunt, ova cum genuerunt, relinquunt, Cic. N. D. 2, 51, 129; Hor. C. 4, 3, 19; Juv. 4, 72.—
2. Sing. collect.: pisce vehi quaedam (natarum videntur), Ov. M. 2, 13; Plin. 11, 53, 116, § 281: lacus piscem suggerit, Plin. Ep. 2, 8, 1; so, piscis femina, Ov. A. A. 2, 482.—
II. Transf., as a constellation.
A. Pisces, the Fishes, a constellation consisting of 34 stars. Acc. to the myth, Cupid and Venus, during the war of the Titans, were carried for safety across the Euphrales by fishes, who were on this account placed among the stars, Ov. F. 2, 458; Hyg. Astr. 2, 30; 3, 29; Col. 11, 2, 24; 63; cf. nodus, I. B. 7.—
B. Piscis major, Avien. Arat. 806. Prob. the same constellation, in the southern heavens, which Verg. G. 4, 234, calls Piscis aquosus; cf. Manil. 1, 428.

Origins

Inherited from Proto-Italic *piskis. Cognates include Old Irish íasc, Gothic 𐍆𐌹𐍃𐌺𐍃 (fisks) and Old English fisċ (English fish).

Elsewhere
  • Catalanpeix
  • Italianpesce
  • Occitanpeis
  • Portuguesepeixefrom Old Galician-Portuguese peixe
  • Spanishpezfrom Old Spanish pez
  • Sardinianpisci
  • Sardinianpische
  • Aragonesepeix
  • Corsicanpesciu
  • Dalmatianpasc
Balkan Romance
  • Romanianpiște
  • Romanianpește
  • Aromanianpeashti
  • Aromanianpeashte
  • Aromanianpeshti
  • Istro-Romanianpeșt
  • Megleno-Romanianpeaști
Old Leonese
  • Spanishpejefrom Asturian pexe
  • Leonesepexe
  • Mirandesepeç

In English words that came into English from piscis

  • porpoise*porcopiscis
  • piscinepiscinus
  • piscatorypiscātor
  • Piscespiscēs
  • grampuscraspicis
  • pisciformpiscis
  • piscarypiscarius
  • piscatorialpiscātor
  • piscatologypiscārī
  • piscinapiscīna
  • piscatrixpiscātrīx
  • piscatorpiscātor
  • expiscateexpiscatus
  • piscationpiscatio
proper noun · masculinethird declension
Piscis2
Piscis m sg (genitive Piscis)
Classical[ˈpɪs.kɪs]Ecclesiastical[ˈpiʃ.ʃis]

Meaning

  1. masculinesingularthe Fish, Piscis Austrinus (constellation)

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativePiscis—
genitivePiscis—
dativePiscī—
accusativePiscem—
ablativePisce—
vocativePiscis—

Origins

From piscis (“fish”).

Quick answers

What does piscis mean in Latin?
piscis, a noun, means “fish”.
What is the genitive of piscis?
The genitive singular is piscis. piscis is masculine, third declension.
How do you pronounce piscis?
In classical Latin, [ˈpɪs.kɪs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈpiʃ.ʃis].
Which English words come from piscis?
English words that go back to Latin piscis include pisciform, porpoise, piscine, piscatory, Pisces and grampus.