mendico

See also: mendicò

Catalan

Verb

mendico

  1. first-person singular present indicative of mendicar

Italian

Etymology 1

From Latin mendīcus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /menˈdi.ko/
  • Rhymes: -iko
  • Hyphenation: men‧dì‧co

Adjective

mendico (feminine mendica, masculine plural mendichi, feminine plural mendiche)

  1. mendicant
    Synonym: mendicante
Derived terms

Noun

mendico m (plural mendichi, feminine mendica)

  1. mendicant, beggar
    Synonym: mendicante

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmen.di.ko/, /ˈmɛn.di.ko/[1]
  • Rhymes: -endiko, -ɛndiko
  • Hyphenation: mén‧di‧co, mèn‧di‧co

Verb

mendico

  1. first-person singular present indicative of mendicare

References

  1. ^ mendico in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Latin

Etymology

From mendīcus (beggarly, needy).

Pronunciation

Verb

mendīcō (present infinitive mendīcāre, perfect active mendīcāvī, supine mendīcātum); first conjugation

  1. to beg, ask for alms

Conjugation

1The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested.

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Catalan: mendicar
  • French: mendier
  • Galician: mendigar
  • Italian: mendicare
  • Portuguese: mendigar
  • Spanish: mendigar

References

  • mendico”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • mendico”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • mendico in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.