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morsico

morsico

See also: morsicò

Italian

Verb

morsico

first-person singular present indicative of morsicare

Latin

Etymology

Found in Late Latin. From morsus, from mordeō.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmor.si.koː/, [ˈmɔr.sɪ.koː]

Verb

morsicō ‎(present infinitive morsicāre, perfect active morsicāvī, supine morsicātum); first conjugation

I bite.
I press my lips together (as in kissing).

Derived terms

commorsicō
demorsicō

Descendants

Aragonese: mosaquiar
Catalan: mossegar
Corsican: mursicà
Dalmatian: morscuor, moscuar
Friulian: smorseâ
Istriot: mursagà
Italian: morsicare

Occitan: mossegar
Portuguese: morsegar, mossegar
Romanian: murseca, mursecare
Sicilian: muzzicari
Spanish: moscar
Tarantino: muzzecà
Venetian: morsegar, mosegar, musegar

References

morsico in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Félix Gaffiot (1934), “morsico”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.