piscicapus

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /pisˈki.ka.pus/, [pɪs̠ˈkɪkäpʊs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /piʃˈʃi.ka.pus/, [piʃˈʃiːkäpus]

Noun

piscicapus m (genitive piscicapī); second declension

a fish-catcher, fisher

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	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.

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