piscoso

Italian

Etymology

From Latin piscōsus, derived from piscis (fish).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pisˈko.zo/
  • Stress: piscóso
  • Hyphenation: pi‧sco‧so

Adjective

piscoso (feminine singular piscosa, masculine plural piscosi, feminine plural piscose)

  1. Archaic form of pescoso: fishful
    • 1516, Ludovico Ariosto, Orlando Furioso [Raging Roland], Venice: Printed by Gabriel Giolito, published 1551, Canto 3, page 12:
      Come la terra, il cui produr di Roſe ¶ Le die piaceuol nome in Greche uoci ¶ E la città ch’in mezo a le piſcoſe ¶ Paludi del Po teme ambe le foci
      As the land whose production of roses granted it a pleasant name in Greek voices [languages], and the city that, among the fishful swamps of the Po, fears both rivermouths

Latin

Adjective

piscōsō

  1. inflection of piscōsus:
    1. dative masculine singular
    2. dative neuter singular
    3. ablative masculine singular
    4. ablative neuter plural
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