pecco

See also: peccò

English

Noun

pecco (countable and uncountable, plural peccos)

  1. Dated form of pekoe.

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɛk.ko/
  • Rhymes: -ɛkko
  • Hyphenation: pèc‧co

Verb

pecco

  1. first-person singular present indicative of peccare

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *petkāō, from Proto-Indo-European verbal root *ped- (to walk, fall, stumble); see *pṓds (the same source as Hittite [script needed] (pata), Latin pēs, pedis, Tocharian A pe, Tocharian B paiyye, Lithuanian pāda (sole (foot)), Russian под (pod, ground), Ancient Greek πούς, ποδός (poús, podós), Albanian poshtë (down, downwards), Old Armenian ոտն (otn), Sanskrit पद् (pád)).[1]

Pronunciation

Verb

peccō (present infinitive peccāre, perfect active peccāvī, supine peccātum); first conjugation

  1. to sin, transgress
    Synonyms: violō, dēlinquō
    saepe magnōque cum gaudiō peccōI often sin, and with great joy
  2. to offend

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").
2At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

Descendants

  • Asturian: pecar
  • French: pécher
  • Franco-Provençal: pèchiér
  • Friulian: pecjâ, pečhâ
  • Galician: pecar
  • Italian: peccare
  • Old Occitan: peccar
  • Portuguese: pecar
  • Sardinian: pecai, pecare
  • Sicilian: piccari
  • Spanish: pecar
  • Venetan: pecar
  • Welsh: pechu

References

  • pecco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • pecco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • pecco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • he has made several mistakes: saepe (crebro, multa) peccavit, erravit, lapsus est
  1. ^ Ramat, The Indo-European languages

Portuguese

Verb

pecco

  1. first-person singular present indicative of peccar