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LNS

pistrix, pistricis

(pristix, pristicis)

pistris, pristis, pistrix, pristix

πίστρις, πρίστις

noun (f., 3^rd declension)

any sea-monster
a whale, shark, sawfish
The constellation of the Whale
A species of swift-sailing ship
Name of a ship in the fleet of Aeneas

Abbreviations

pistris or pristis, is (also pistrix or pristix, icis), f., = πίστρις, πρίστις. 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.

— Transf. The constellation of the Whale: ad Pistricis terga, Cic. Arat. 152: Auster Pistrin agit, German. Arat. 358.

— A species of swift-sailing ship, Quadrig. ap. Non. 535, 26; Liv. 35, 26, 1.

— Name of a ship in the fleet of Aeneas, Verg. A. 5, 116.