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|lshtext=<b>pistris</b>: or [[pristis]], is (also [[pistrix]] or [[pristix]], ĭcis), f., = [[πίστρις]], [[πρίστις]].<br /><b>I</b> 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.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> The [[constellation]] of the Whale: ad Pistricis terga, Cic. Arat. 152: Auster Pistrin agit, German. Arat. 358.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> A [[species]] of [[swift]]-[[sailing]] [[ship]], Quadrig. ap. Non. 535, 26; Liv. 35, 26, 1.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Name of a [[ship]] in the [[fleet]] of Æneas, Verg. A. 5, 116.
|lshtext=<b>pistris</b>: or [[pristis]], is (also [[pistrix]] or [[pristix]], ĭcis), f., = [[πίστρις]], [[πρίστις]].<br /><b>I</b> 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.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> The [[constellation]] of the Whale: ad Pistricis terga, Cic. Arat. 152: Auster Pistrin agit, German. Arat. 358.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> A [[species]] of [[swift]]-[[sailing]] [[ship]], Quadrig. ap. Non. 535, 26; Liv. 35, 26, 1.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Name of a [[ship]] in the [[fleet]] of Æneas, Verg. A. 5, 116.
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|gf=<b>pistris</b>,¹⁵ is, f., scie [gros cétacé] ; par ext.] baleine : Val. Flacc. 2, 530 ; v. [[pristis]].
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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

pistris: or pristis, is (also pistrix or pristix, ĭcis), f., = πίστρις, πρίστις.
I 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 Æneas, Verg. A. 5, 116.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

pistris,¹⁵ is, f., scie [gros cétacé] ; par ext.] baleine : Val. Flacc. 2, 530 ; v. pristis.