nicto
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Latin[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- (deponent form) nictor
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Indo-European *kneygʷʰ- (“to bend, to droop”). Cognate with connīveō, nītor (“to bear or rest upon something”), Proto-Germanic *hnīwaną.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
nictō (present infinitive nictāre, perfect active nictāvī, supine nictātum); first conjugation
- I blink.
- I wink, signal with the eyes.
- (figuratively, of fire) I flash.
- (figuratively) I strive, make effort.
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Descendants[edit]
- English: nictate
References[edit]
- “nicto”, in Charlton T[homas] Lewis; Charles [Lancaster] Short (1879) […] A New Latin Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Chicago, Ill.: American Book Company; Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- nicto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette