marcio
Italian
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editVerb
editmarcio
Etymology 2
editDerived ultimately from Latin marcēre (“rot”). Perhaps directly a deverbal of Italian marcire.
Adjective
editmarcio (feminine marcia, masculine plural marci, feminine plural marce)
Noun
editmarcio m (plural marci)
- the bad or rotten part of something
Further reading
edit- marcio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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editLatin
editEtymology
editFrom Classical marceō, reassigned to the fourth conjugation. Attested from the sixth century CE.[1]
Verb
editmarciō (present infinitive marcīre, perfect active marcuī, supine *marcītum); fourth conjugation (Late Latin)
- Alternative form of marceō (“to wither, to languish”)
Descendants
edit- see: marceō
References
edit- ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “marcēre”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 6/1: Mabile–Mephitis, page 306.
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