pecto

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *pektō, from Proto-Indo-European *peḱ- (to pluck). Cognates include Ancient Greek πέκω (pékō, comb or card wool).[1]

Pronunciation

Verb

pectō (present infinitive pectere, perfect active pexī, supine pexum); third conjugation

  1. to comb
  2. (of wool) to card, heckle, comb
  3. (by extension) to hoe, weed
  4. (figuratively) to give someone a thrashing, thrash

Conjugation

The third and fourth principal parts, pexī and pexum, can be written as pexuī and pectitum, respectively, and hence all of their verb forms as such.

Derived terms

References

  • pecto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • pecto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • pecto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 453