I.v. dep. n. [piscis], to fish: “ut ante suos hortulos piscarentur,” Cic. Off. 3, 14, 58: “piscemur, venemur,” Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 57: “animi laxandi causā piscabatur hamo,” Suet. Aug. 83: “piscatus est rete aurato,” id. Ner. 30: “retia in piscando durantia,” Plin. 19, 1, 2, § 15: “vado piscari,” Vulg. Johan. 21, 3.—Prov.: “piscari in aëre,” to give one's self useless trouble, to labor in vain, Plaut. As. 1, 1, 86: piscari aureo hamo, to risk more than the game is worth: “minima commoda non minimo sectantis discrimine similes aiebat esse aureo hamo piscantibus, cujus abrupti damnum nullā capturā pensari potest,” Suet. Aug. 25 fin.
piscor , ātus, 1,
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.
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