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piscor , ātus, 1,
I.v. dep. n. [piscis], to fish: “ut ante suos hortulos piscarentur,Cic. Off. 3, 14, 58: “piscemur, venemur,Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 57: “animi laxandi causā piscabatur hamo,Suet. Aug. 83: “piscatus est rete aurato,id. Ner. 30: “retia in piscando durantia,Plin. 19, 1, 2, § 15: “vado piscari,Vulg. Johan. 21, 3.—Prov.: “piscari in aëre,to give one's self useless trouble, to labor in vain, Plaut. As. 1, 1, 86: piscari aureo hamo, to risk more than the game is worth: “minima commoda non minimo sectantis discrimine similes aiebat esse aureo hamo piscantibus, cujus abrupti damnum nullā capturā pensari potest,Suet. Aug. 25 fin.
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    • Suetonius, Divus Augustus, 25
    • Suetonius, Divus Augustus, 83
    • Plautus, Asinaria, 1.1
    • Suetonius, Nero, 30
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 19.15
    • Cicero, De Officiis, 3.14
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