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seco
seco
Italian
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈseko/, [ˈs̪eːko]
- Hyphenation: sé‧co
Preposition
seco
See also
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”). Cognates include Old Church Slavonic сѣщи (sěšti, “to cut, hack, chop off”) and Old English saga (English saw).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈse.koː/, [ˈsɛ.koː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈse.ko/, [ˈseː.ko]
Verb
secō (present infinitive secāre, perfect active secuī, supine sectum); first conjugation
- I cut, cut off.
- 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Exodus.29.17
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Ipsum autem arietem secabis in frustra: lotaque intestina ejus ac pedes, pones super concissas carnes, et super caput illius.
- And thou shalt cut the ram in pieces, and wash the inwards of him, and his legs, and put them unto his pieces, and unto his head.
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Ipsum autem arietem secabis in frustra: lotaque intestina ejus ac pedes, pones super concissas carnes, et super caput illius.
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- I cleave, divide.
- (medicine) I operate, amputate, perform surgery.
- I castrate.
- (by extension) I wound, injure.
- (figuratively) I hurt with my words.
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Descendants
References
- seco in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- seco in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “seco”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Portuguese seco, from Latin siccus, from Proto-Indo-European *seyk-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈse.ku/
- Hyphenation: se‧co
Adjective
seco m (feminine singular seca, masculine plural secos, feminine plural secas, comparable)
Inflection
Inflection of seco
singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | masculine | feminine | |
positive | seco | seca | secos | secas |
comparative | mais seco | mais seca | mais secos | mais secas |
superlative | o mais seco sequíssimo |
a mais seca sequíssima |
os mais secos sequíssimos |
as mais secas sequíssimas |
augmentative | secão | secona | secões | seconas |
diminutive | sequinho | sequinha | sequinhos | sequinhas |