- Pisces
- Pisces 12th sign of the zodiac, late 14c., from L., pl. of piscis "fish," cognate with Goth. fisks, O.E. fisc (see FISH (Cf. fish)). Applied to persons born under this sign from 1924.
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Pisces — [pī′sē ən, pis′ēənpī′sēz΄; ] occas. [ pis′ēz΄] n. [ME < L, pl. of piscis,FISH] 1. a N constellation between Aries and Aquarius; the Fishes 2. the twelfth sign of the zodiac, entered by the sun about February 21 3. a person born under the sign… … English World dictionary
Pisces — (lat.), Fische … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Pisces — (lat.), die Fische; auch Sternbild, s. Fische … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
Pisces — PISCES, ium, Gr. Ἰχθύες, ων, am Himmel sind, nach einigen, die Fische, in welche sich Venus und Cupido verwandelten, als sie vor dem Typhon in Aegypten flohen. Diogenetes Erythræus ap. Hygin. Astron. Poet. l. II. c. 30 … Gründliches mythologisches Lexikon
Pisces — • Pisces, см. Sidus, Сидунт, 4 … Реальный словарь классических древностей
Pisces — ⇒ Fische … Deutsch wörterbuch der biologie
