pecto
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Italic *pektō, from Proto-Indo-European *peḱ- (“to pluck”). Cognates include Ancient Greek πέκω (pékō, “comb or card wool”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpek.toː/, [ˈpɛkt̪oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpek.to/, [ˈpɛkt̪o]
Verb edit
pectō (present infinitive pectere, perfect active pexī, supine pexum); third conjugation
- to comb
- (of wool) to card, heckle, comb
- (by extension) to hoe, weed
- (figuratively) to give someone a thrashing, thrash
Conjugation edit
The third and fourth principal parts, pexī and pexum, can be written as pexuī and pectitum, respectively, and hence all of their verb forms as such.
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
References edit
- “pecto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “pecto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- pecto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 453