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Latin
Etymology
From pīsō (“mortar”).
Pronunciation
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.
Derived terms
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.