pistris

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πίστρις (pístris), variant of Ancient Greek πρίστις (prístis).

Noun

pistris f (genitive pistris); third declension

  1. alternative form of pristis (“any sea monster; a whale, shark, sawfish”)

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

singular plural
nominative pistris pistrēs
genitive pistris pistrium
dative pistrī pistribus
accusative pistrem pistrēs
pistrīs
ablative pistre pistribus
vocative pistris pistrēs

Synonyms

References

  • “pistris”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “pistris”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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