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mastico
mastico
Latin
Etymology
Borrowing from Ancient Greek μαστιχάω (mastikháō)
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmas.ti.koː/
Verb
masticō (present infinitive masticāre, perfect active masticāvī, supine masticātum); first conjugation
- I chew.
Usage notes
Post-Classical.
Inflection
Descendants
References
- mastico in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “mastico”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.