sicco

sicco

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

    From siccus (dry) + .

    Verb

    siccō (present infinitive siccāre, perfect active siccāvī, supine siccātum); first conjugation

    1. to dry, drain, exhaust
      Synonyms: dūrō, coquō
      Antonyms: rigō, imbuō, perfundō
    Conjugation
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    Descendants

    References

    • sicco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • sicco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • sicco”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

    Etymology 2

    Adjective

    siccō

    1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of siccus

    Neapolitan

    Etymology

    Inherited from Latin siccus.

    Pronunciation

    • (Naples) IPA(key): [ˈsikkə], (feminine) [ˈsekkə]

    Adjective

    sicco (feminine singular secca, masculine plural sicche, feminine plural secche)

    1. dry

    References

    • AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1034: “secco; secca; secchi” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
    • Giacco, Giuseppe (2003), “sicco-secca”, in Schedario Napoletano