pecco

See also: peccò

English

Noun

pecco (countable and uncountable, plural peccos)

1. Dated form of pekoe.

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Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛkko

Verb

pecco

1. first-person singular indicative present of peccare

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Latin

Etymology

From a Proto-Indo-European verbal root *ped- (“to walk, fall, stumble”); see *pṓds (the same source as Hittite [script needed] (pata), Latin pēs, pedis, Tocharian A pe, Tocharian B paiyye, Lithuanian pāda (“sole (foot)”), Russian под (pod, “ground”), Ancient Greek πούς, ποδός (poús, podós), Albanian shputë (“palm, foot sole”), Old Armenian ոտն (otn), Sanskrit पद् (pád)).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpek.koː/, [ˈpɛkːoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpek.ko/, [ˈpɛkːo]

• Audio (Classical):

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Verb

peccō (present infinitive peccāre, perfect active peccāvī, supine peccātum); first conjugation

1. I sin, transgress

   saepe magnōque cum gaudiō peccō ― I often sin, and with great joy

2. I offend.

Conjugation

Conjugation of peccō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	peccō	peccās	peccat	peccāmus	peccātis	peccant
	imperfect	peccābam	peccābās	peccābat	peccābāmus	peccābātis	peccābant
	future	peccābō	peccābis	peccābit	peccābimus	peccābitis	peccābunt
	perfect	peccāvī	peccāvistī, peccāstī1	peccāvit, peccāt1	peccāvimus, peccāmus1	peccāvistis, peccāstis1	peccāvērunt, peccāvēre, peccārunt1
	pluperfect	peccāveram, peccāram1	peccāverās, peccārās1	peccāverat, peccārat1	peccāverāmus, peccārāmus1	peccāverātis, peccārātis1	peccāverant, peccārant1
	future perfect	peccāverō, peccārō1	peccāveris, peccāris1	peccāverit, peccārit1	peccāverimus, peccārimus1	peccāveritis, peccāritis1	peccāverint, peccārint1
passive	present	peccor	peccāris, peccāre	peccātur	peccāmur	peccāminī	peccantur
	imperfect	peccābar	peccābāris, peccābāre	peccābātur	peccābāmur	peccābāminī	peccābantur
	future	peccābor	peccāberis, peccābere	peccābitur	peccābimur	peccābiminī	peccābuntur
	perfect	peccātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	peccātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	peccātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	peccem	peccēs	peccet	peccēmus	peccētis	peccent
	imperfect	peccārem	peccārēs	peccāret	peccārēmus	peccārētis	peccārent
	perfect	peccāverim, peccārim1	peccāverīs, peccārīs1	peccāverit, peccārit1	peccāverīmus, peccārīmus1	peccāverītis, peccārītis1	peccāverint, peccārint1
	pluperfect	peccāvissem, peccāssem1	peccāvissēs, peccāssēs1	peccāvisset, peccāsset1	peccāvissēmus, peccāssēmus1	peccāvissētis, peccāssētis1	peccāvissent, peccāssent1
passive	present	peccer	peccēris, peccēre	peccētur	peccēmur	peccēminī	peccentur
	imperfect	peccārer	peccārēris, peccārēre	peccārētur	peccārēmur	peccārēminī	peccārentur
	perfect	peccātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	peccātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	peccā	—	—	peccāte	—
	future	—	peccātō	peccātō	—	peccātōte	peccantō
passive	present	—	peccāre	—	—	peccāminī	—
	future	—	peccātor	peccātor	—	—	peccantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		peccāre	peccāvisse, peccāsse1	peccātūrum esse	peccārī	peccātum esse	peccātum īrī
participles		peccāns	—	peccātūrus	—	peccātus	peccandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		peccandī	peccandō	peccandum	peccandō	peccātum	peccātū

¹At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

Related terms

• impeccabilis
• peccāmen
• peccāns
• peccātio
• peccātor
• peccātrix
• peccātum
• peccātus
• peccātōrius

 

Descendants

• Asturian: pecar
• Catalan: pecar
• English: peach
• French: pécher
• Franco-Provençal: pèchiér
• Friulian: pecjâ, pečhâ
• Galician: pecar
• Italian: peccare
• Occitan: pecar
• Portuguese: pecar
• Sardinian: pecai, pecare
• Sicilian: piccari
• Spanish: pecar
• Venetian: pecar
• → Welsh: pechu

References

• “pecco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “pecco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• pecco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • he has made several mistakes: saepe (crebro, multa) peccavit, erravit, lapsus est