parco

See also: Parco and parcò

Italian

Etymology 1

Adjective

1. frugal, moderate, temperate, sparing

Synonyms

• frugale
• parsimonioso
• sobrio

Antonyms

• dissoluto
• sprecone

Etymology 2

Noun

parco m (plural parchi)

1. park, garden

Synonyms

• area verde
• giardino
• riserva
• verde pubblico

Verb

parco

1. first-person singular present indicative of parcare

Descendants

• → Greek: πάρκο (párko)

Anagrams

• capro
• carpo
• copra
• porca

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpar.koː/, [ˈpärkoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpar.ko/, [ˈpärko]

Etymology 1

(deprecated template usage)

From Proto-Italic *pe-arkō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erk- (whence arceō). See also parcus.

Verb

parcō (present infinitive parcere, perfect active pepercī or parsī, supine parsum); third conjugation

1. I refrain; I forbear
2. (with dative) I am lenient to; I spare
   • c. 50 BCE, Publilius Syrus, Sententiae :

     Bonīs nocet quisquis pepercit malīs.

     He does harm to the good, whoever has been lenient to the bad

   • Augustus, Res Gestae Divi Augusti :

     victorque omnibus veniam petentibus civibus peperci.

     ... and victorious, I spared all the citizens desiring pardon.

Conjugation

• Perfect parsī is ante-Classical or post-Classical. Perfect parcuī and future participle parcitūrus are found rarely.

Conjugation of parcō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	parcō	parcis	parcit	parcimus	parcitis	parcunt
	imperfect	parcēbam	parcēbās	parcēbat	parcēbāmus	parcēbātis	parcēbant
	future	parcam	parcēs	parcet	parcēmus	parcētis	parcent
	perfect	pepercī, parsī	pepercistī, parsistī	pepercit, parsit	pepercimus, parsimus	pepercistis, parsistis	pepercērunt, pepercēre, parsērunt, parsēre
	pluperfect	peperceram, parseram	pepercerās, parserās	pepercerat, parserat	pepercerāmus, parserāmus	pepercerātis, parserātis	pepercerant, parserant
	future perfect	pepercerō, parserō	peperceris, parseris	pepercerit, parserit	pepercerimus, parserimus	peperceritis, parseritis	pepercerint, parserint
passive	present	parcor	parceris, parcere	parcitur	parcimur	parciminī	parcuntur
	imperfect	parcēbar	parcēbāris, parcēbāre	parcēbātur	parcēbāmur	parcēbāminī	parcēbantur
	future	parcar	parcēris, parcēre	parcētur	parcēmur	parcēminī	parcentur
	perfect	parsus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	parsus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	parsus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	parcam	parcās	parcat	parcāmus	parcātis	parcant
	imperfect	parcerem	parcerēs	parceret	parcerēmus	parcerētis	parcerent
	perfect	pepercerim, parserim	pepercerīs, parserīs	pepercerit, parserit	pepercerīmus, parserīmus	pepercerītis, parserītis	pepercerint, parserint
	pluperfect	pepercissem, parsissem	pepercissēs, parsissēs	pepercisset, parsisset	pepercissēmus, parsissēmus	pepercissētis, parsissētis	pepercissent, parsissent
passive	present	parcar	parcāris, parcāre	parcātur	parcāmur	parcāminī	parcantur
	imperfect	parcerer	parcerēris, parcerēre	parcerētur	parcerēmur	parcerēminī	parcerentur
	perfect	parsus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	parsus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	parce	—	—	parcite	—
	future	—	parcitō	parcitō	—	parcitōte	parcuntō
passive	present	—	parcere	—	—	parciminī	—
	future	—	parcitor	parcitor	—	—	parcuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		parcere	pepercisse, parsisse	parsūrum esse	parcī	parsum esse	parsum īrī
participles		parcēns	—	parsūrus	—	parsus	parcendus, parcundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		parcendī	parcendō	parcendum	parcendō	parsum	parsū

Derived terms

• parcimōnia

Etymology 2

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) parcō

1. dative masculine singular of parcus
2. dative neuter singular of parcus
3. ablative masculine singular of parcus
4. ablative neuter singular of parcus

References

• “parco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “parco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• parco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to spare no pains: labori, operae non parcere
    
  • to incur few expenses: sumptui parcere (Fam. 16. 4)
    
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎^[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

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Spanish

Adjective

parco (feminine parca, masculine plural parcos, feminine plural parcas)

1. frugal