decollo

See also: decollò

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /deˈkɔl.lo/
  • Rhymes: -ɔllo
  • Hyphenation: de‧còl‧lo

Etymology 1

Noun

decollo m (plural decolli)

  1. takeoff (of an aircraft etc.)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

decollo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of decollare

Latin

Etymology

From dē- +‎ collum +‎ .

Pronunciation

Verb

dēcollō (present infinitive dēcollāre, perfect active dēcollāvī, supine dēcollātum); first conjugation

  1. to decapitate or behead

Conjugation

1At least one use of the Old Latin "sigmatic future" and "sigmatic aorist" tenses is attested, which are used by Old Latin writers; most notably Plautus and Terence. The sigmatic future is generally ascribed a future or future perfect meaning, while the sigmatic aorist expresses a possible desire ("might want to").

Descendants

  • Catalan: degollar
  • Italian: decollare
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: degolar
  • Spanish: degollar

References

  • decollo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • decollo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.