حوت1 حَاتَ عَلَى الشَّىْءِ, aor. ـُ (S,) inf. n. حَوْتٌ and حَوَتَانٌ, (K,) (assumed tropical:)  He went, or circuited, round about the thing; said of a bird, (S, K, TA,) going, or circuiting, round about water [like a fish (حُوت) in water]; (TA;) and of a wild animal: (K:) as also حات بِهِ. (TA.) 3 حاوتهُ (tropical:) He strove, or endeavoured, to turn him, or to entice him to turn, syn. رَاوَغَهُ, (S, L, A, &c.,) in the K رَاغَمَهُ, but the former is the right explanation, (TA,) عَنْ شَىْءٍ from a thing, as, for instance, his family, and his property; (S, TA;) (tropical:)  he strove, or endeavoured, to beguile him. (A.) You say, ظَلَّ يُحَاوِتُنِى بِخُدَعَةٍ (tropical:)  He passed the day striving, or endeavouring, to turn me, or entice me, by guile, like as the fish (حُوت) does in the water. (A.) b2:  (assumed tropical:)  He strove, or contended, with him, to repel him. (K.) b3:  (assumed tropical:)  He consulted him, or consulted with him. (K.) b4: (assumed tropical:)  He talked with him, consulting, or making promises, in the case of a sale. (K.) حُوتٌ Fish: (M, A, K:) or [rather] a fish: (S, TA:) or a great fish; any great fish: (M, Msb, TA:) of the masc. gender: (Msb:) pl. [of mult.] حِيتَانٌ (S, Msb, K) and حِوَتَةٌ and [of pauc.] أَحْوَاتٌ. (K.) b2:  [Hence,] صَاحِبُ الحُوتِ (in the Kur lxviii. 48) [a surname of The prophet] Jonas. (Bd, Jel.) b3:  [Hence also,] الحُوتُ (assumed tropical:)  [The constellation Pisces;] a certain sign of the Zodiac. (S, K.) And الحُوتُ الجَنُوبِىُّ (assumed tropical:)  The constellation Piscis Australis. (Kzw &c.) And فَمُ الحُوتِ (assumed tropical:)  The bright star [a, called by European astronomers Fomalhaut,] in the mouth of Piscis Australis. (Kzw &c.) حُوتِىٌّ [Of, or relating to, or like, a fish, or great fish]. You say, هُوَ حُوتِىُّ الاِلْتِقَامِ [He is like a fish, or great fish, in swallowing]. (A, TA.) حَيُّوتٌ The male of the حَيَّة [or serpent]. (A.) [But the proper place of this is art. حيو.]