LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

piscōsus

piscōsus (feminine piscōsa, neuter piscōsum)
Classical[pɪsˈkoː.sʊs]Ecclesiastical[pisˈkɔː.s̬us]

Meaning

  1. adjectivefull of fish

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativepiscōsuspiscōsapiscōsum
genitivepiscōsīpiscōsaepiscōsī
dativepiscōsōpiscōsaepiscōsō
accusativepiscōsumpiscōsampiscōsum
ablativepiscōsōpiscōsāpiscōsō
vocativepiscōsepiscōsapiscōsum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativepiscōsīpiscōsaepiscōsa
genitivepiscōsōrumpiscōsārumpiscōsōrum
dativepiscōsīspiscōsīspiscōsīs
accusativepiscōsōspiscōsāspiscōsa
ablativepiscōsīspiscōsīspiscōsīs
vocativepiscōsīpiscōsaepiscōsa

piscōsus, a, um, adj. id.,
I. full of fishes, abounding in fish (syn. pisculentus): amnes. Ov. F. 3, 581: scopuli, Verg. A. 4, 255: flumina, Sen. Ben. 6, 7, 3: Oceanus, Just. 44, 1, 7.

Origins

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

Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -ōsus Latin piscōsus From piscis (“fish”) + -ōsus.

Descendants
  • Italianpescoso
  • Portuguesepiscoso
  • Romanianpescos
  • GalicianPescoso

Quick answers

What does piscōsus mean in Latin?
piscōsus, a adjective, means “full of fish”.
How do you pronounce piscōsus?
In classical Latin, [pɪsˈkoː.sʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [pisˈkɔː.s̬us].
Where does piscōsus come from?
Proto-Indo-European *péysks → Proto-Italic *piskis → Latin piscōsus.