fishmonger
Latin translation: piscarius
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peer agreement (net): +1piscarius Explanation: 'Piscarius' is used by Varro. 'Salsamentarius' would be 'dealer in salted fish' (Auct. Her. 4, 54, 67; Suet. Vit. Hor. init.). 'Piscinarius' is rather 'one fond of fish-ponds' or 'owner of a fish-pond'. |
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cetarius Explanation: 'Cetarius' is also used by Varro in the sense of 'fishmonger' in a fragment cited by the early 4th cent. C.E. lexicographer and grammarian Nonius Marcellus at 'de compendiosa doctrina', p. 49, 15, ed. Lindsay and by L. Iunius Columella at 'de re rustica', 8.17.12, which latter cites a book entitled 'Cetarius' by C. Matius, a scholar and friend of Cicero, (2nd half of 1st cent. B.C.E.) ibid. 12.46.1. But 'cetarius' has even better classical authority, namely, Cicero, 'de officiis', 1.42.150 and Terence, 'Eunuchus', 2.2.26. Though morphologically adjectival, it is always used substantively by these authors. Ivo's suggestion 'piscarius' is attested in the sense of 'fishmonger' in another fragment of Varro, quoted by Perotti in his 'Cornucopia' ('nullus in piscaria piscis erat; inter piscarios nemo vendebat', 'There was no fish in the fish market; no one among the fishmongers was selling fish.' 'Piscinarius' refers, as Ivo points out, not to a 'fishmonger' but to someone who likes fish ponds, whether for fishing or for swimming in (cf. Cicero, ad Atticum, 1.19.6, 1.20.3 and Macrobius, Saturnalia, 8.1.11). The spelling 'piscenarius' is not attested. |
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