piscor

piscor, ātus, 1, 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.