balco
Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Medieval Latin balcō, borrowed from Frankish *balkō (“beam, balk”). Doublet of palco.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]balco m (plural balchi) (archaic)
- balcony
- Synonym: balcone
- 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Purgatorio [The Divine Comedy: Purgatory] (paperback), Bompiani, published 2001, Canto IX, page 126, lines 1–3:
- La concubina di Titone antico ¶ già s'imbiancava al balco d'orïente, ¶ fuor de le braccia del suo dolce amico
- The concubine of old Tithonus now gleamed white upon the eastern balcony, forth from the arms of her sweet paramour
- scaffold
- Synonym: palco
- 1353, Giovanni Boccaccio, “Giornata ottava, Novella II [Eighth Day, Second Story]”, in Decamerone [Decameron][1], Tommaso Hedlin, published 1527, page 198:
- La Belcolore, ch'era andata in balco, udendolo diſſe. O Sere voi ſiate il ben venuto
- Belcolore then being above in the scaffold, when she heard him, said "Sweet Sir Simon, you are heartely welcome"
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[edit]Latin
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Frankish *balkō (“beam, balk”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈbaɫ.koː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈbal.ko]
Noun
[edit]balcō m (genitive balcōnis); third declension[1][2]
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | balcō | balcōnēs |
| genitive | balcōnis | balcōnum |
| dative | balcōnī | balcōnibus |
| accusative | balcōnem | balcōnēs |
| ablative | balcōne | balcōnibus |
| vocative | balcō | balcōnēs |
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “1. balcus”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 78
- ^ Blaise, Albert (1975), “balco, -onis”, in Dictionnaire latin-français des auteurs du moyen-âge: lexicon latinitatis medii aevi (Corpus christianorum) (overall work in Latin and French), Turnhout: Brepols, page 90
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