piscor Latin · revision 36853

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *pisk-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈpɪs.kɔr]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈpis.kor]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''piscor''' (present infinitive piscārī, perfect active piscātus sum); first conjugation, deponent^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[der|la|piscis|t=fish]], a denominative verb.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(de Vaan 2008) De Vaan traces [[m|la|piscis]] to [[itc-pro|*piski-|t=fish]] and [[ine-pro|*pisk-|t=fish]], noting that the vowel of the Celtic form is hard to explain.^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[sga|íasc|t=fish]] and [[got|𐍆𐌹𐍃𐌺𐍃|tr=fisks|t=fish]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan has it from Plautus on,^(de Vaan 2008) who has it four times in verse;^(TLL) in the ''Rudens'' someone has gone off to the sea to fish.^(TLL)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ After Plautus it is rare in verse, and in prose it is found from Cicero and Sallust on.^(TLL) Cicero tells of fishermen fishing before a man's gardens, Horace couples fishing and hunting, and Suetonius says Augustus fished with a hook to relax, while Nero fished with a golden net.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(TLL) Pliny the Elder writes of dolphins fishing together with men.^(TLL) Plautus has the proverb ''piscārī in āere'', “to fish in the air”, for wasted effort,^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) and Suetonius reports Augustus comparing those who seek small gains at great risk to men fishing with a golden hook.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Conte 2010)

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+ The Vulgate has ''vādō piscārī'', “I am going fishing”, in the Gospel of John.^(Lewis & Short 1879) The TLL lists its Romance descendants, among them [[it|pescare]], [[fr|pêcher]], [[es|pescar]] and [[pt|pescar]].^(TLL)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it four times, including the proverb of fishing in the air.^(TLL)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of fishermen before a garden.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 65–8 BC – Horace pairs fishing with hunting.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 75–c. 150 AD – Suetonius uses it of Augustus and of Nero fishing.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 390–406 AD – The Vulgate has ''vādō piscārī''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|fish]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # ''piscārī in āere'', to fish in the air: to labour in vain.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[expiscor]]

+ * [[piscātiō]]

+ * [[piscātor]]

+ * [[piscātrīx]]

+ * [[piscatura]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}