Piso

See also: piso, pisó, and pišo

Latin

Etymology

From pīsō (“mortar”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpiː.soː/, [ˈpiːs̠oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.so/, [ˈpiːs̬o]

Proper noun

Pīsō m sg (genitive Pīsōnis); third declension

1. A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
   1. Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso, a Roman statesman

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case	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.