Piso
Latin
Etymology
From pīsō (“mortar”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈpiː.soː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈpiː.s̬o]
Proper noun
Pīsō m sg (genitive Pīsōnis); third declension
- A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
- Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso, a Roman statesman
Declension
Third-declension noun, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Pīsō |
| genitive | Pīsōnis |
| dative | Pīsōnī |
| accusative | Pīsōnem |
| ablative | Pīsōne |
| vocative | Pīsō |
Derived terms
- Pīsōniānus
References
- “Piso3”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Piso in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.