Piso

See also: piso, pisó, and pišo

Latin

Etymology

From pīsō (“mortar”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpiː.soː/, [ˈpiːs̠oː]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.so/, [ˈpiːs̬o]

Proper noun

Pīsō m sg (genitive Pīsōnis); third declension

A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
1. Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso, a Roman statesman

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Pīsō
Genitive	Pīsōnis
Dative	Pīsōnī
Accusative	Pīsōnem
Ablative	Pīsōne
Vocative	Pīsō

Derived terms

Pīsōniānus

References

“Piso3”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Piso in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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