piscicapus

Latin

Etymology

From piscis (“fish”) +‎ capio (“I capture”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /pisˈki.ka.pus/, [pɪs̠ˈkɪkäpʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /piʃˈʃi.ka.pus/, [piʃˈʃiːkäpus]

Noun

piscicapus m (genitive piscicapī); second declension

1. a fish-catcher, fisher

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	piscicapus	piscicapī
genitive	piscicapī	piscicapōrum
dative	piscicapō	piscicapīs
accusative	piscicapum	piscicapōs
ablative	piscicapō	piscicapīs
vocative	piscicape	piscicapī

References

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