shoal
shoal
subs.
Draft of fishes: V. βόλος, ὁ.
In shoals: use adj., P. and V. ἁθρόος, agreeing with subject.
subs.
Draft of fishes: V. βόλος, ὁ.
In shoals: use adj., P. and V. ἁθρόος, agreeing with subject.
SHOAL
A multitude copia: multitudo: vis.
A sand-bank syrtis (Latin); pulvinus.
A multitude copia: multitudo: vis.
A sand-bank syrtis (Latin); pulvinus.
shoal (subs.):
I. A multitude, in the expression a s. of fish:
1. exāmen, ĭnis, n. (orig. a swarm of bees; afterwards, a multitude or swarm of anything): s.s of fish, piscium examina, Plin. 31, 1, 1.
2. vis: a great s. of fish, *magna vis piscium: v.MULTITUDE .
II. A place where the water is shallow:
1. vădum (a shallow place in a river or sea): dangerous by means of treacherous s.s, per occulta v. infestas (insulas), Tac. A. 2, 23, fin.: v.FORD , SHALLOW .
2. syrtis: v.QUICKSAND .
3. brĕvia, ium: v.SHALLOWS .
I. A multitude, in the expression a s. of fish:
1. exāmen, ĭnis, n. (orig. a swarm of bees; afterwards, a multitude or swarm of anything): s.s of fish, piscium examina, Plin. 31, 1, 1.
2. vis: a great s. of fish, *magna vis piscium: v.
II. A place where the water is shallow:
1. vădum (a shallow place in a river or sea): dangerous by means of treacherous s.s, per occulta v. infestas (insulas), Tac. A. 2, 23, fin.: v.
2. syrtis: v.
3. brĕvia, ium: v.
shoal (v. intr.): expr. by phr. (maris) altitudo minuitur, decrescit: v. TO DECREASE .