shark
SHARK
A kind of fish *squalus (Linn.).
A cheat rogue homo ad fraudem acutus (after Nep. Dion. 8 1); homo ad fallendum paratus or instructus; fraudator; praestigiator. A thorough shark homo qui totus ex fraude et fallaciis constat; qui totus ex fraude et mendaciis factus est.
A kind of fish *squalus (Linn.).
A cheat rogue homo ad fraudem acutus (after Nep. Dion. 8 1); homo ad fallendum paratus or instructus; fraudator; praestigiator. A thorough shark homo qui totus ex fraude et fallaciis constat; qui totus ex fraude et mendaciis factus est.
shark:
I. A kind of fish:
1. pristix s. pistrix; also pistris s. pristis (appy. some kind of shark or sawfish): Virg. Aen. 3, 427; cf. ib. 5, 116, where it occurs as the name of a ship: Plin. (who speaks of this kind of fish as reaching a length of 20 cubits, N. H. 9, 3, 2): Flor.
2. squălus: Linn. (appy. denoting in Ov. Hal. 123, a smaller kind of fish, so in Plin.).
II. A greedy, artful fellow; a cheat: perh. fraudātor (a man who keeps no faith with his dupes: v. rare): the shamelessness of s.s and defrauders, fraudatorum et infitiatorum impudentia, Cic. Fl. 20, 48: v.CHEAT . Join: fraudator et infitiator. Phr.: a regular s. comes to him and says, homo et callidus et ad fraudem acutus, sine ulla religione ac fide, adit ad eum et ait, cf. Nep. Dion 8, init.
I. A kind of fish:
1. pristix s. pistrix; also pistris s. pristis (appy. some kind of shark or sawfish): Virg. Aen. 3, 427; cf. ib. 5, 116, where it occurs as the name of a ship: Plin. (who speaks of this kind of fish as reaching a length of 20 cubits, N. H. 9, 3, 2): Flor.
2. squălus: Linn. (appy. denoting in Ov. Hal. 123, a smaller kind of fish, so in Plin.).
II. A greedy, artful fellow; a cheat: perh. fraudātor (a man who keeps no faith with his dupes: v. rare): the shamelessness of s.s and defrauders, fraudatorum et infitiatorum impudentia, Cic. Fl. 20, 48: v.
shark
Sharks
- in river Aous: Paus. 4.34.3
- in sea off Methana: Paus. 2.34.1