Italian

Verb

supplico

1. first-person singular present indicative of supplicare

Latin

Etymology

From sub- ‎(“under, at the feet of, before”) +‎ plicō ‎(“fold, bend, roll up”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsup.pli.koː/, [ˈsʊp.plɪ.koː]

Verb

supplicō ‎(present infinitive supplicāre, perfect active supplicāvī, supine supplicātum); first conjugation

1. I pray or supplicate
2. I humbly beseech or beg

Inflection

Derived terms

• supplicātiō

Descendants

References

• supplico in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• supplico in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “supplico”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to pray to God: supplicare deo (Sall. Iug. 63. 1)