affrico
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From ad- (“to, towards, at”) + fricō (“rub”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈaf.fri.koː/, [ˈäfːrɪkoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈaf.fri.ko/, [ˈäfːriko]
Verb edit
affricō (present infinitive affricāre, perfect active affricuī, supine affricātum); first conjugation
- to rub on or against something
- to communicate or impart by rubbing
Conjugation edit
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- Catalan: africar
References edit
- “affrico”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- affrico in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.