varico

varico

Latin

Etymology

    From vāricus (with feet spread apart, straddling) + (verbal suffix).

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    vāricō (present infinitive vāricāre, perfect active vāricāvī, supine vāricātum); first conjugation, no passive

    1. to spread the legs apart; to straddle

    Conjugation

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Friulian: varcâ
    • Italian: valicare, varcare
    • Sardinian: barigai, barigare

    Further reading

    • varico”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • varico”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1647.
    • varico in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, column 3367