sicco

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈsɪk.koː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈsik.ko]

Etymology 1

From siccus (“dry”) + -ō.

Verb

siccō (present infinitive siccāre, perfect active siccāvī, supine siccātum); first conjugation

1. to dry, drain, exhaust

   Synonyms: dūrō, coquō

   Antonyms: rigō, imbuō, perfundō

Conjugation

   Conjugation of siccō (first conjugation)

indicative	singular	plural
first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	siccō	siccās	siccat	siccāmus	siccātis	siccant
imperfect	siccābam	siccābās	siccābat	siccābāmus	siccābātis	siccābant
future	siccābō	siccābis	siccābit	siccābimus	siccābitis	siccābunt
perfect	siccāvī	siccāvistī	siccāvit	siccāvimus	siccāvistis	siccāvērunt, siccāvēre
pluperfect	siccāveram	siccāverās	siccāverat	siccāverāmus	siccāverātis	siccāverant
future perfect	siccāverō	siccāveris	siccāverit	siccāverimus	siccāveritis	siccāverint
passive	present	siccor	siccāris, siccāre	siccātur	siccāmur	siccāminī	siccantur
imperfect	siccābar	siccābāris, siccābāre	siccābātur	siccābāmur	siccābāminī	siccābantur
future	siccābor	siccāberis, siccābere	siccābitur	siccābimur	siccābiminī	siccābuntur
perfect	siccātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect	siccātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect	siccātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive	singular	plural
first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	siccem	siccēs	siccet	siccēmus	siccētis	siccent
imperfect	siccārem	siccārēs	siccāret	siccārēmus	siccārētis	siccārent
perfect	siccāverim	siccāverīs	siccāverit	siccāverīmus	siccāverītis	siccāverint
pluperfect	siccāvissem	siccāvissēs	siccāvisset	siccāvissēmus	siccāvissētis	siccāvissent
passive	present	siccer	siccēris, siccēre	siccētur	siccēmur	siccēminī	siccentur
imperfect	siccārer	siccārēris, siccārēre	siccārētur	siccārēmur	siccārēminī	siccārentur
perfect	siccātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect	siccātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative	singular	plural
first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	siccā	—	—	siccāte	—
future	—	siccātō	siccātō	—	siccātōte	siccantō
passive	present	—	siccāre	—	—	siccāminī	—
future	—	siccātor	siccātor	—	—	siccantor
non-finite forms	infinitive	participle
active	passive	active	passive
present	siccāre	siccārī	siccāns	—
future	siccātūrum esse	siccātum īrī	siccātūrus	siccandus
perfect	siccāvisse	siccātum esse	—	siccātus
future perfect	—	siccātum fore	—	—
perfect potential	siccātūrum fuisse	—	—	—
verbal nouns	gerund	supine
genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
siccandī	siccandō	siccandum	siccandō	siccātum	siccātū

Derived terms

• assiccō
• desiccō
• exsiccō

Descendants

• Aragonese: secar
• Aromanian: sec, sicari
• Asturian: secar
• Catalan: secar
• Corsican: siccà, seccà
• → English: siccate (obsolete)
• Extremaduran: secar
• Franco-Provençal: sécher
• Old French: secher, sechier
  • French: sécher
• Friulian: secjâ, sečhâ
• Galician: secar
• Italian: seccare
• Leonese: secar
• Ligurian: sec
• Mirandese: secar
• Norman: sitchi, s'tchi, s'tcher
• Occitan: secar, sechar
• Old Navarro-Aragonese: secar
• Portuguese: secar
• Romanian: seca, secare
• Romansh: setgar, seccar, secher, sechar
• Sardinian: sicai, sicare, sicari, siccare, siccà
• Sicilian: siccari
• Old Spanish: secar
  • Spanish: secar
• Venetan: secar
• Welsh: sychu

References

• “sicco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “sicco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “sicco”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Etymology 2

Adjective

siccō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of siccus

Neapolitan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin siccus.

Pronunciation

• (Naples) IPA^(key): [ˈsikkə], (feminine) [ˈsekkə]

Adjective

sicco (feminine singular secca, masculine plural sicche, feminine plural secche)

1. dry

References

• AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1034: “secco; secca; secchi” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
• Giacco, Giuseppe (2003), “sicco-secca”, in Schedario Napoletano