pecto
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *peḱ- (“to pluck”). Cognates include Ancient Greek πέκω (pékō, “comb or card wool”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈpek.toː/, [ˈpɛkt̪oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpek.to/, [ˈpɛkt̪o]
Verb
pectō (present infinitive pectere, perfect active pexī, supine pexum); third conjugation
- I comb.
- (of wool) I card, heckle, comb.
- (by extension) I hoe, weed.
- (figuratively) I give someone a thrashing, thrash.
Conjugation
The third and fourth principal parts, pexī and pexum, can be written as pexuī and pectitum, respectively, and hence all of their verb forms as such.
Derived terms
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References
- “pecto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “pecto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- pecto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.