spãntic

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• spãnticu

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *expanticō (“to burst”) (compare Romanian spinteca, spintec, Venetian spantegar (“to bust; scatter, sprinkle”), Calabrian spantecare ("to open")), from Latin pantices (“bowels”), plural of pantex; cf. pãnticã.

Verb

spãntic first-singular present indicative (past participle spãnticatã)

1. to cleave, rend, split, cut

Related terms

• spãnticari / spãnticare
• spãnticat
• pãnticã

See also

• aspargu
• frãngu