piscatio

Latin

Etymology

From piscor (“I fish”) +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /hi.eˈmaː.ti.oː/, [hiɛˈmäːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /i.eˈmat.t͡si.o/, [ieˈmät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

piscātiō f (genitive piscātiōnis); third declension

1. a fishing, fishery

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	piscātiō	piscātiōnēs
genitive	piscātiōnis	piscātiōnum
dative	piscātiōnī	piscātiōnibus
accusative	piscātiōnem	piscātiōnēs
ablative	piscātiōne	piscātiōnibus
vocative	piscātiō	piscātiōnēs

Descendants

• Italian: pescagione
• → English: piscation

References

• “piscatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• piscatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.