balco
See also: balcó
Italian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Medieval Latin balcō, borrowed from Frankish *balkō (“beam, balk”). Doublet of palco.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editbalco m (plural balchi) (obsolete)
- balcony
- Synonym: balcone
- 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Purgatorio [The Divine Comedy: Purgatory] (paperback), Bompiani, published 2001, Canto IX, page 126, lines 1–3:
- La concubina di Titone antico ¶ già s'imbiancava al balco d'orïente, ¶ fuor de le braccia del suo dolce amico
- The concubine of old Tithonus now gleamed white upon the eastern balcony, forth from the arms of her sweet paramour
- scaffold
- Synonym: palco
- 1353, Giovanni Boccaccio, “Giornata ottava, Novella II [Eighth Day, Second Story]”, in Decamerone [Decameron][1], Tommaso Hedlin, published 1527, page 198:
- La Belcolore, ch'era andata in balco, udendolo diſſe. O Sere voi ſiate il ben venuto
- Belcolore then being above in the scaffold, when she heard him, said "Sweet Sir Simon, you are heartely welcome"
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editAnagrams
editLatin
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Frankish *balkō (“beam, balk”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈbal.koː/, [ˈbäɫ̪koː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈbal.ko/, [ˈbälko]
Noun
editbalcō m (genitive balcōnis); third declension[1][2]
Declension
editThird-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | balcō | balcōnēs |
Genitive | balcōnis | balcōnum |
Dative | balcōnī | balcōnibus |
Accusative | balcōnem | balcōnēs |
Ablative | balcōne | balcōnibus |
Vocative | balcō | balcōnēs |
Descendants
edit- Old French: bauc, balc, bauch, bal [1247]; balcane [1250] (< balcōnem (acc.sg.))
- Italian: balco; balcone (< balcōnem (acc.sg.))
- → Catalan: balcó
- → English: balcony
- → French: balcon
- → Hijazi Arabic: بلكونة (balakōna)
- → Hungarian: balkon
- → Polish: balkon
- → Portuguese: balcão
- → Russian: балкон (balkon)
- → Spanish: balcón
- → Swedish: balkong
- → Turkish: balkon
- → Venetian: balcon
- Sicilian: barcuni, varcuni
References
edit- ^ Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “1. balcus”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 78
- ^ Blaise, Albert (1975) “balco, -onis”, in Dictionnaire latin-français des auteurs du moyen-âge: lexicon latinitatis medii aevi (Corpus christianorum) (overall work in Latin and French), Turnhout: Brepols, page 90
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