pacifico
English
Etymology
Noun
pacifico (plural pacificos)
- (historical) A peaceful native in Cuba or the Philippines who did not oppose Spanish colonization.
- Harper's Weekly
- While we were going through the woods one of the pacificos pointed to a new grave.
- Harper's Weekly
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /paˈt͡ʃi.fi.ko/
- Rhymes: -ifiko
- Hyphenation: pa‧cì‧fi‧co
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin pacificus.
Adjective
pacifico (feminine pacifica, masculine plural pacifici, feminine plural pacifiche)
Derived terms
Related terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
pacifico
- first-person singular present indicative of pacificare
Further reading
- pacifico1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [paːˈkɪ.fɪ.koː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [paˈt͡ʃiː.fi.ko]
Verb
pācificō (present infinitive pācificāre, perfect active pācificāvī, supine pācificātum); first conjugation
Conjugation
Conjugation of pācificō (first conjugation)
Synonyms
- (pacify): pācō
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
Through Vulgar Latin:
Romance borrowings:
Non-Romance borrowings:
- Dutch: pacificeren
- English: pacify (through French)
- Ido: pacigar (through Portuguese)
- Interlingua: pacificar
- Polish: pacyfikować
- Swedish: pacificera
References
- “pacifico”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “pacifico”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- pacifico in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Portuguese
Verb
pacifico
- first-person singular present indicative of pacificar
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /paθiˈfiko/ [pa.θiˈfi.ko] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /pasiˈfiko/ [pa.siˈfi.ko] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -iko
- Syllabification: pa‧ci‧fi‧co
Verb
pacifico
- first-person singular present indicative of pacificar