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balco

See also: balcó

Italian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Medieval Latin balcō, borrowed from Frankish *balkō (“beam, balk”). Doublet of palco.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈbal.ko/
  • Rhymes: -alko
  • Hyphenation: bàl‧co

Noun edit

balco m (plural balchi) (obsolete)

  1. 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
  2. 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"

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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Frankish *balkō (“beam, balk”).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

balcō m (genitive balcōnis); third declension[1][2]

  1. (Medieval Latin) balcony, raised seat

Declension edit

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative balcō balcōnēs
Genitive balcōnis balcōnum
Dative balcōnī balcōnibus
Accusative balcōnem balcōnēs
Ablative balcōne balcōnibus
Vocative balcō balcōnēs

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References edit

  1. ^ Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “1. balcus”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 78
  2. ^ 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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