pistris
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pristes feminine vocative plural, masculine accusative plural, feminine nominative plural, masculine vocative plural, feminine accusative plural, masculine nominative plural of pistris
pistris or pristis, is (also pistrix or pristix, ĭcis), f., = πίστρις, πρίστις.
- Lit., any sea-monster; a whale, shark, sawfish: postrema immani corpore pistrix (of Scylla), Verg. A. 3, 427: in Indico mari pristes ducenum cubitorum, Plin. 9, 3, 2, § 4: jamque agmine toto Pistris adest, Val. Fl. 2, 530: marina pistrix, Flor. 3, 5, 16.—
- II Transf.
- A The constellation of the Whale: ad Pistricis terga, Cic. Arat. 152: Auster Pistrin agit, German. Arat. 358.—
- B A species of swift-sailing ship, Quadrig. ap. Non. 535, 26; Liv. 35, 26, 1.—
- 2 Name of a ship in the fleet of Aeneas, Verg. A. 5, 116.
pistris, s. pristis.
pistris, (15) is, f. , scie [gros cétacé] ; [par ext.] baleine : Val. Flacc. 2, 530 ; v. pristis.