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mico

See also: Mico, mico-, miço, and míco

English

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Spanish or Portuguese

Noun

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mico (plural micos)

  1. A small South American monkey (Mico melanurus, syn. Callithrix melanura), allied to the marmoset.

Usage notes

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  • The name was originally applied to an albino variety.

Synonyms

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References

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  • “mico”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

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Catalan

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Catalan Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish mico.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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mico m (plural micos)

  1. monkey

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Latin

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *meyk- (“to shimmer”).[1]

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Verb

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micō (present infinitive micāre, perfect active micuī or micāvī); first conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

  1. to vibrate, quiver
  2. to twinkle, glitter, flash, gleam, beam, shine, to be bright
    Synonyms: candeō, splendeō, niteō, ēniteō, fulgeō, resplendeō
  3. to tremble
  4. to beat (of the pulse)

Conjugation

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  • The normal Classical perfect is micuī. Perfect micāvī is found extremely rarely in Classical use, but is common in Medieval Latin.
  • There is a supine mictum, found in Priscian, but it is not in use.
   Conjugation of micō (first conjugation, no supine stem, active only)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present micō micās micat micāmus micātis micant
imperfect micābam micābās micābat micābāmus micābātis micābant
future micābō micābis micābit micābimus micābitis micābunt
perfect micuī,
micāvī 		micuistī,
micāvistī 		micuit,
micāvit 		micuimus,
micāvimus 		micuistis,
micāvistis 		micuērunt,
micuēre,
micāvērunt,
micāvēre
pluperfect micueram,
micāveram 		micuerās,
micāverās 		micuerat,
micāverat 		micuerāmus,
micāverāmus 		micuerātis,
micāverātis 		micuerant,
micāverant
future perfect micuerō,
micāverō 		micueris,
micāveris 		micuerit,
micāverit 		micuerimus,
micāverimus 		micueritis,
micāveritis 		micuerint,
micāverint
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present micem micēs micet micēmus micētis micent
imperfect micārem micārēs micāret micārēmus micārētis micārent
perfect micuerim,
micāverim 		micuerīs,
micāverīs 		micuerit,
micāverit 		micuerīmus,
micāverīmus 		micuerītis,
micāverītis 		micuerint,
micāverint
pluperfect micuissem,
micāvissem 		micuissēs,
micāvissēs 		micuisset,
micāvisset 		micuissēmus,
micāvissēmus 		micuissētis,
micāvissētis 		micuissent,
micāvissent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — micā — — micāte —
future — micātō micātō — micātōte micantō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives micāre micuisse,
micāvisse 		— — — —
participles micāns — — — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
micandī micandō micandum micandō — —

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Descendants

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  • Italian: ammiccare

References

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  • “mico”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “mico”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • mico in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • the lightning flashes: fulmina micant
  1. ^ Walde, Alois, Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1954) “mico”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 86

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Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -iku
  • Hyphenation: mi‧co

Etymology 1

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From a Cariban language, likely via Spanish mico.[1][2]

Noun

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mico m (plural micos)

  1. (Brazil) any of several very small and long-tailed monkeys, such as capuchins and marmosets
    Synonym: sagui
  2. (Can we verify(+) this sense?) (Minho) the devil
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Etymology 2

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Short for mico-preto, a children's card game where the players have to amass pairs of matching cards, and the card that traditionally depicts a small monkey is the only one without a pair.

Noun

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mico m (plural micos)

  1. (Brazil) gaffe, blunder, faux pas (an embarrassing mistake or situation)
    Synonyms: gafe, (Brazil) papelão, micagem
    passar mico ― to make a blunder
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Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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mico

  1. first-person singular present indicative of micar

References

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  1. ^ “mico”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
  2. ^ “mico”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Cumanagoto [Term?].

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmiko/ [ˈmi.ko]
  • Rhymes: -iko
  • Syllabification: mi‧co

Noun

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mico m (plural micos)

  1. a monkey with a prehensile tail
    Synonyms: mono, (Mexico) chango
  2. (familiar) child
  3. an ugly person
  4. (Nicaragua) vulva
  5. (coastal Ecuador) a blonde person

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Descendants

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  • → Catalan: mico
  • → Chayuco Mixtec: micu
  • → Isthmus Zapotec: migu
  • → Mecayapan Nahuatl: mi̱coj
  • → Tetelcingo Nahuatl: mico

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Tetelcingo Nahuatl

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish mico.

Noun

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mico

  1. monkey

References

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  • Brewer, Forrest, Brewer, Jean G. (1962) Vocabulario mexicano de Tetelcingo, Morelos: Castellano-mexicano, mexicano-castellano (Serie de vocabularios indígenas Mariano Silva y Aceves; 8)‎[2] (in Spanish), México, D.F.: El Instituto Lingüístico de Verano en coordinación con la Secretaría de Educación Pública a través de la Dirección General de Internados de Enseñanza Primaria y Educación Indígena, published 1971, pages 30, 141
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