balco

See also: balcó and Balco

Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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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Latin

Alternative forms

  • balcus, barcōnus

Etymology

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

    Pronunciation

    Noun

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

    1. (Medieval Latin) balcony, raised seat

    Declension

    Third-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative balcō balcōnēs
    genitive balcōnis balcōnum
    dative balcōnī balcōnibus
    accusative balcōnem balcōnēs
    ablative balcōne balcōnibus
    vocative balcō balcōnēs

    Descendants

    References

    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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