marcio

• IPA^(key): /ˈmar.t͡ʃo/
• Rhymes: -artʃo
• Hyphenation: màr‧cio

marcio

1. first-person singular present indicative of marciare

Derived ultimately from Latin marcēre (“rot”). Perhaps directly a deverbal of Italian marcire.

marcio (feminine marcia, masculine plural marci, feminine plural marce)

1. rotten
2. rotting
3. festering
4. corrupt

marcio m (plural marci)

1. the bad or rotten part of something

• marcio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

• Camiro, acromi, comari, corami, cromai, cromia, ricamo, ricamò

From Classical marceō, reassigned to the fourth conjugation. Attested from the sixth century CE.^[1]

marciō (present infinitive marcīre, perfect active marcuī, supine *marcītum); fourth conjugation (Late Latin)

1. alternative form of marceō (“to wither, to languish”)

• see: marceō