accio

accio

See also: acció, àccio, acciò, Áccio, and -accio

Italian

Etymology

From the suffix -accio (pejorative suffix). Compare ino.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈat.t͡ʃo/
  • Rhymes: -attʃo
  • Hyphenation: àc‧cio

Adjective

accio (feminine accia, masculine plural acci, feminine plural acce)

  1. (colloquial) bad
    Synonyms: cattivo, scadente
    Guarda che in fin dei conti non è così accia come situazione.
    It's not as bad as a situation after all.

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

    From ad- + cieō (summon).

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    acciō (present infinitive accīre, perfect active accīvī or acciī, supine accītum); fourth conjugation

    1. to send for, invite, summon, call for, fetch
      Synonyms: prōvocō, advocō, ēvocō, invocō, invito, arcesso, cito, excio
    2. (with mortem) to summon death, to kill oneself, commit suicide

    Conjugation

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • English: accite

    References

    • accio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • accio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • accio in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2026), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
    • accio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

    Neapolitan

    Etymology

    Inherited from Latin apium.

    Pronunciation

    • (Naples) IPA(key): [ˈatt͡ʃ(ə)]

    Noun

    accio m

    1. celery

    References

    • Giacco, Giuseppe (2003), “accio”, in Schedario Napoletano

    Tarantino

    Noun

    accio

    1. garlic
    2. celery