pistris

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πίστρις (pístris), variant of Ancient Greek πρίστις (prístis).

Noun

pistris f (genitive pistris); third declension

1. Any sea monster; a whale, shark, sawfish

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

	singular	plural
nominative	pistris	pistrēs
genitive	pistris	pistrium
dative	pistrī	pistribus
accusative	pistrem	pistrēs pistrīs
ablative	pistre	pistribus
vocative	pistris	pistrēs

Synonyms

• cētus

Variants

• pristis
• pistrix

References

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