affrico
Latin
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom ad- (“to, towards, at”) + fricō (“rub”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈaf.fri.koː/, [ˈäfːrɪkoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈaf.fri.ko/, [ˈäfːriko]
Verb
editaffricō (present infinitive affricāre, perfect active affricuī, supine affricātum); first conjugation
- to rub on or against something
- to communicate or impart by rubbing
Conjugation
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editDescendants
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.