See also: Antico

Italian edit

Etymology 1 edit

Inherited from Latin antīquus (ancient).

Alternative forms edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /anˈti.ko/
  • Rhymes: -iko
  • Hyphenation: an‧tì‧co

Adjective edit

antico (feminine antica, masculine plural antichi, feminine plural antiche, superlative antichissimo)

  1. ancient
    Antonyms: moderno, nuovo
    grani antichiancient grains
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Noun edit

antico m (plural antichi)

  1. (in the singular) collectively, ancient things
    l'antico e il modernothe ancient and the modern, the old and the new
  2. (in the plural) the ancients (people of the distant past)

Etymology 2 edit

Borrowed from Latin antīcus (anterior).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /anˈti.ko/
  • Rhymes: -iko
  • Hyphenation: an‧tì‧co

Adjective edit

antico (feminine antica, masculine plural antichi, feminine plural antiche)

  1. (archaeology) anterior, front (of a structural element, the face of a sarcophagus, etc.)

Etymology 3 edit

From Latin antīcus, with a shift of stress due to it being reinterpreted as containing Latin -ĭcus / Italian -ico.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈan.ti.ko/
  • Rhymes: -antiko
  • Hyphenation: àn‧ti‧co

Adjective edit

antico (feminine antica, masculine plural antici, feminine plural antiche)

  1. (anatomy) Synonym of anteriore
    muscolo scaleno anticoanterior scalene muscle

Further reading edit

  • antico in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
  • antico in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
  • antico in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
  • antico in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
  • antìco¹ in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  • antìco² in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  • antico in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
  • antico in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Adjective edit

antīcō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of antīcus