pescoso

See also: Pescoso

Italian

Alternative forms

• piscoso (archaic)

Etymology

From Latin piscōsus, derived from piscis (“fish”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peˈsko.zo/
• Rhymes: -ozo
• Hyphenation: pe‧scó‧so

Adjective

pescoso (feminine pescosa, masculine plural pescosi, feminine plural pescose)

1. (of a body of water) fish-filled, fishful (abounding in fish, full of fish)
   • 1825, “Libro IX [Book 9]”, in Vincenzo Monti, transl., Iliade [Iliad], Milan: Giovanni Resnati e Gius. Bernardoni di Gio, translation of Ἰλιάς (Iliás) by Homer, published 1840, page 182, lines 6–10:

     […] in quella guisa,
     Che il pescoso Oceàno si rabbuffa,
     Quando improvviso dalla tracia tana
     Di Ponente sorgiunge e d’Aquilone
     L’impetuoso soffio […]

     In a manner similar to how the fishful ocean swells when, from the Thracian lair, suddenly the impetuous blowing of the west and north winds comes

Derived terms

• pescosità

Related terms

• pesca
• pesce

 

Further reading

• pescoso in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana