paco

See also: pacò

English

Noun

paco (plural pacos or pacoes)

1. (archaic) alpaca
2. An earthy-looking ore, consisting of brown oxide of iron with minute particles of native silver.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Ure to this entry?)

   • 1880, John Percy, Metallurgy: the art of extracting metals from their ores (page 652)

     Mr. Ratcliffe has sometimes found them to contain arsenic in an oxidized state, combined with ferric oxide, and once he met with a paco ore mainly composed of antimony ochre.

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Esperanto

Etymology

From Latin pāx (“peace”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.tso/

Noun

paco (accusative singular pacon, plural pacoj, accusative plural pacojn)

1. peace

   Post tri longaj jaroj la popolo soporis pacon.

   After three long years, the people yearned for peace.

   La deziro al paco sidas en ĉiu homa koro.

   The desire for peace resides in each human heart.

Antonyms

• malpaco

Derived terms

• malpaco

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Italian

Verb

paco

1. first-person singular present indicative of pacare

Anagrams

• capo
• poca

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Latin

Etymology

From pāx (“peace”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpaː.koː/

Verb

present active pācō, present infinitive pācāre, perfect active pācāvī, supine pācātum

1. I make peaceful, pacify, quiet, soothe; subdue.

Inflection

Conjugation of paco (first conjugation)

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	pācō	pācās	pācat	pācāmus	pācātis	pācant
	imperfect	pācābam	pācābās	pācābat	pācābāmus	pācābātis	pācābant
	future	pācābō	pācābis	pācābit	pācābimus	pācābitis	pācābunt
	perfect	pācāvī	pācāvistī	pācāvit	pācāvimus	pācāvistis	pācāvērunt, pācāvēre
	pluperfect	pācāveram	pācāverās	pācāverat	pācāverāmus	pācāverātis	pācāverant
	future perfect	pācāverō	pācāveris	pācāverit	pācāverimus	pācāveritis	pācāverint
passive	present	pācor	pācāris, pācāre	pācātur	pācāmur	pācāminī	pācantur
	imperfect	pācābar	pācābāris, pācābāre	pācābātur	pācābāmur	pācābāminī	pācābantur
	future	pācābor	pācāberis, pācābere	pācābitur	pācābimur	pācābiminī	pācābuntur
	perfect	pācātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	pācātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	pācātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	pācem	pācēs	pācet	pācēmus	pācētis	pācent
	imperfect	pācārem	pācārēs	pācāret	pācārēmus	pācārētis	pācārent
	perfect	pācāverim	pācāverīs	pācāverit	pācāverīmus	pācāverītis	pācāverint
	pluperfect	pācāvissem	pācāvissēs	pācāvisset	pācāvissēmus	pācāvissētis	pācāvissent
passive	present	pācer	pācēris, pācēre	pācētur	pācēmur	pācēminī	pācentur
	imperfect	pācārer	pācārēris, pācārēre	pācārētur	pācārēmur	pācārēminī	pācārentur
	perfect	pācātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	pācātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	pācā	—	—	pācāte	—
	future	—	pācātō	pācātō	—	pācātōte	pācantō
passive	present	—	pācāre	—	—	pācāminī	—
	future	—	pācātor	pācātor	—	—	pācantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		pācāre	pācāvisse	pācātūrus esse	pācārī	pācātus esse	pācātum īrī
participles		pācāns	—	pācātūrus	—	pācātus	pācandus

Synonyms

• (pacify): pācificō

Derived terms

• compācō
• pācātē
• pācātiō
• pācātor

• pācātum
• pācātus
• perpācō

Related terms

• pācālis
• pācātōrius
• pācifer
• pācificātiō
• pācificātor

• pācificē
• pācificō
• pācificus
• pācō
• pāx

Descendants

• Asturian: pagar
• Catalan: pagar
• Dalmatian: pacur
• French: payer
• Friulian: paiâ, pajâ
• Galician: pagar
• Italian: pacare, pagare
• Jèrriais: payi

• Occitan: pagar
• Portuguese: pagar
• Romanian: împăca, păca
• Romansch: pajar, pagar, pajear, pajer, paer
• Sardinian: pacare, pagae, pagai, pagare
• Sicilian: pagari
• Spanish: pagar
• Venetian: pagar

References

• paco in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879

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Spanish

Noun

paco m (plural pacos, feminine paca)

1. (chiefly Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay) male paca
2. (colloquial, pejorative, Latin America) police officer
3. (colloquial, obsolete, Spain) During Spanish occupation in Africa, a Moroccan sniper
4. (given name, Spain) Short for Francisco