hisco
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From hiō (“to yawn, gape”) + -scō.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈhiːs.koː/, [ˈhiːs̠koː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈis.ko/, [ˈisko]
Verb edit
hīscō (present infinitive hīscere); third conjugation, no perfect or supine stem
- (intransitive) to yawn, gape, open
- (intransitive) to open the mouth, mutter, murmur
- (transitive) to speak, utter
Conjugation edit
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “hisco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “hisco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- hisco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.