morsico

See also: morsicò

Italian

Verb

morsico

1. first-person singular present indicative of morsicare

Anagrams

• Morisco

Latin

Etymology

From morsus +‎ -icō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmor.si.koː/, [ˈmɔrs̠ɪkoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmor.si.ko/, [ˈmɔrsiko]

Verb

morsicō (present infinitive morsicāre, perfect active morsicāvī, supine morsicātum); first conjugation (post-classical)

1. to bite
2. to press one's lips together (as in kissing)

Conjugation

Conjugation of morsicō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	morsicō	morsicās	morsicat	morsicāmus	morsicātis	morsicant
	imperfect	morsicābam	morsicābās	morsicābat	morsicābāmus	morsicābātis	morsicābant
	future	morsicābō	morsicābis	morsicābit	morsicābimus	morsicābitis	morsicābunt
	perfect	morsicāvī	morsicāvistī	morsicāvit	morsicāvimus	morsicāvistis	morsicāvērunt, morsicāvēre
	pluperfect	morsicāveram	morsicāverās	morsicāverat	morsicāverāmus	morsicāverātis	morsicāverant
	future perfect	morsicāverō	morsicāveris	morsicāverit	morsicāverimus	morsicāveritis	morsicāverint
passive	present	morsicor	morsicāris, morsicāre	morsicātur	morsicāmur	morsicāminī	morsicantur
	imperfect	morsicābar	morsicābāris, morsicābāre	morsicābātur	morsicābāmur	morsicābāminī	morsicābantur
	future	morsicābor	morsicāberis, morsicābere	morsicābitur	morsicābimur	morsicābiminī	morsicābuntur
	perfect	morsicātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	morsicātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	morsicātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	morsicem	morsicēs	morsicet	morsicēmus	morsicētis	morsicent
	imperfect	morsicārem	morsicārēs	morsicāret	morsicārēmus	morsicārētis	morsicārent
	perfect	morsicāverim	morsicāverīs	morsicāverit	morsicāverīmus	morsicāverītis	morsicāverint
	pluperfect	morsicāvissem	morsicāvissēs	morsicāvisset	morsicāvissēmus	morsicāvissētis	morsicāvissent
passive	present	morsicer	morsicēris, morsicēre	morsicētur	morsicēmur	morsicēminī	morsicentur
	imperfect	morsicārer	morsicārēris, morsicārēre	morsicārētur	morsicārēmur	morsicārēminī	morsicārentur
	perfect	morsicātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	morsicātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	morsicā	—	—	morsicāte	—
	future	—	morsicātō	morsicātō	—	morsicātōte	morsicantō
passive	present	—	morsicāre	—	—	morsicāminī	—
	future	—	morsicātor	morsicātor	—	—	morsicantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		morsicāre	morsicāvisse	morsicātūrum esse	morsicārī	morsicātum esse	morsicātum īrī
participles		morsicāns	—	morsicātūrus	—	morsicātus	morsicandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		morsicandī	morsicandō	morsicandum	morsicandō	morsicātum	morsicātū

Derived terms

• commorsicō
• demorsicō

Descendants

• Balkan Romance:
  • Romanian: murseca, mursica
• Dalmatian:
  • morscur, morscuor, moscuor, moscuar
• Italo-Romance:
  • Corsican: mursicà
  • Italian: morsicare
  • Neapolitan:

    Tarantino: muzzecà

  • Sicilian: muzzicari
• North Italian:
  • Friulian: smorseâ
  • Istriot: mursagà
  • Venetian: morsegar, mosegar, musegar
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: mossegar
  • Occitan: mossegar
• Ibero-Romance:
  • ⇒ Aragonese: mosaquiar
  • Galician: amosegar
  • Portuguese: morsegar, mossegar
  • Spanish: moscar
  • → Basque: murtxikatu

References

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