nicto
Latin
Alternative forms
- (deponent form) nictor
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *kneygʷʰ- (“to bend, to droop”). Cognate with connīveō, nītor (“to bear or rest upon something”), Proto-Germanic *hnīwaną.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈnik.toː/, [ˈnɪkt̪oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈnik.to/, [ˈnikt̪o]
Verb
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
- English: nictate
References
- “nicto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- nicto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.