desicco
Latin
Etymology
From dē- (“of; from, away from”) + siccō (“dry up”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /deːˈsik.koː/, [d̪eːˈs̠ɪkːoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /deˈsik.ko/, [d̪eˈs̬ikːo]
Verb
dēsiccō (present infinitive dēsiccāre, perfect active dēsiccāvī, supine dēsiccātum); first conjugation
- (transitive) I dry up, drain dry, desiccate.
Conjugation
- Note: perfect forms are rare.
Synonyms
Related terms
Descendants
- Catalan: dessecar
- English: desiccate
- French: dessécher
- Friulian: dissecjâ
- Italian: disseccare
References
- “desicco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- desicco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.