fish (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. piscis, is, m.2. cētus, i, m.; cētos, i, n.; pl. cētē (of large sea animals, as a whale, seal)3. (collectively) piscātus, ūs, m. (fish as caught, for the table) • fish (subs.): 1. piscis, is, m.: to be covered with scales, as f.s, integi squamis, ut pisces, Plin.: Cic. Dimin., piscĭcŭlus, a little f., Pl.: Ter. 2. cētus, i, m.; cētos, i, n.; pl. cētē (of large sea animals, as a whale, seal): this class only (carnivora), like those f.s called cete, brings forth their young alive, hoc genus solum, ut ea quae cete appellant, animal parit, Plin. 9, 24, 40: while the f.s (or sea-monsters) shall swim in the ocean, dum cete ponto innabunt, Sil. 3. (collectively) piscātus, ūs, m. (fish as caught, for the table): with wine, victuals, and capital f., vino, victu, p. probo, Pl. Most. 3, 2, 41: with f., fowl, and game, p., aucupio, venatione, Cic. Fin. 2, 8, 23. Phr.: plenty of f., copia piscāria, Pl.
fish (v.) Copy link Outline I. Lit. piscor, 1II. Fig. to search outIII. To fish for1. aucŭpor, 1 (lit. to catch birds)2. capto, 1 • fish (v.): I. Lit. piscor, 1: let us hunt, let us f., venemur, piscemur, Hor.: to f. with a hook, a net, hamo, rete, p.: Suet.: see also to angle. II. Fig. to search out: expiscor: to f. every thing out of a man, omnia ab aliquo exp., Cic. Fam. 9, 19. III. To fish for: i. e. to be on the look-out for (colloq.): 1. aucŭpor, 1 (lit. to catch birds): to f. for popularity, studium favoremque populi a., Flor. 3, 13: Cic. 2. capto, 1: to f. for applause, plausus c., Cic.: v. to catch at. (N.B.--Both the above less colloq. than the Eng.)
FISH Copy link • FISH 1. v. piscari (if with a rod and line, hamo); also, pisces capere (if with a hook, hamo). FIG., To fish for compliments, laudem venari (Auct., ad Her., 4, 3, 5). To fish out anything, expiscari aliquid; from anybody, ab aliquo: to fish in troubled waters (Prov.), ex alienis incommodis sua commoda comparare (after Ter., And., 4, 1, 3), or ex alienis incommodis suam petere occasionem (after Liv., 4, 58). 2. s. piscis (also collectively, as in English; e.g. pisce viventes, Plin.): sea-fish, piscis maritimus: river-fish, or fresh-water fish, piscis fluviatilis: a common fish, plebeiae cenae piscis: a small fish, pisciculus: very small fish., minuti pisciculi: full of fish, plenus piscium (Cic.; Verr., 4, 53, 118); poetically, piscosus, pisculentus: like a fish, *pisci similis. To catch fish, pisces capere. To angle for fish, pisces hamo capere. Salt fish, salsamenta, plur. He always sent to Puteoli to buy fish for the table, semper in cenam pisces Puteolos mittere emptum solebat (Varr., R.R., 2, 17, 6). The Fish (a constellation), Pisces.