marcio
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Verb edit
marcio
Etymology 2 edit
Derived ultimately from Latin marcēre (“rot”). Perhaps directly a deverbal of Italian marcire.
Adjective edit
marcio (feminine marcia, masculine plural marci, feminine plural marce)
Noun edit
marcio 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
Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Classical marceō, reassigned to the fourth conjugation. Attested from the sixth century CE.[1]
Verb edit
marciō (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 (in German), volumes 6/1: Mabile–Mephitis, page 306.