fuco

See also: Fuco and fuço

Italian

Etymology

From Latin fūcus (“drone (male bee)”), cognate with Ancient Greek σφήξ (sphḗx).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfu.ko/
• Rhymes: -uko
• Hyphenation: fù‧co

Noun

fuco m (plural fuchi)

1. drone (male bee)

   Synonym: pecchione

Latin

Etymology

From fūcus (“seaweed, orchil, pretense”) +‎ -ō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈfuː.koː/, [ˈfuːkoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfu.ko/, [ˈfuːko]

Verb

fūcō (present infinitive fūcāre, perfect active fūcāvī, supine fūcātum); first conjugation

1. to colour, paint, dye
2. to embellish, dissemble, falsify
   • Cicero, Pro Murena

     Isdem ineptiis fucata sunt illa omnia.

     Everything was painted over with the same foolishness.

Conjugation

Conjugation of fūcō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	fūcō	fūcās	fūcat	fūcāmus	fūcātis	fūcant
	imperfect	fūcābam	fūcābās	fūcābat	fūcābāmus	fūcābātis	fūcābant
	future	fūcābō	fūcābis	fūcābit	fūcābimus	fūcābitis	fūcābunt
	perfect	fūcāvī	fūcāvistī	fūcāvit	fūcāvimus	fūcāvistis	fūcāvērunt, fūcāvēre
	pluperfect	fūcāveram	fūcāverās	fūcāverat	fūcāverāmus	fūcāverātis	fūcāverant
	future perfect	fūcāverō	fūcāveris	fūcāverit	fūcāverimus	fūcāveritis	fūcāverint
passive	present	fūcor	fūcāris, fūcāre	fūcātur	fūcāmur	fūcāminī	fūcantur
	imperfect	fūcābar	fūcābāris, fūcābāre	fūcābātur	fūcābāmur	fūcābāminī	fūcābantur
	future	fūcābor	fūcāberis, fūcābere	fūcābitur	fūcābimur	fūcābiminī	fūcābuntur
	perfect	fūcātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	fūcātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	fūcātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	fūcem	fūcēs	fūcet	fūcēmus	fūcētis	fūcent
	imperfect	fūcārem	fūcārēs	fūcāret	fūcārēmus	fūcārētis	fūcārent
	perfect	fūcāverim	fūcāverīs	fūcāverit	fūcāverīmus	fūcāverītis	fūcāverint
	pluperfect	fūcāvissem	fūcāvissēs	fūcāvisset	fūcāvissēmus	fūcāvissētis	fūcāvissent
passive	present	fūcer	fūcēris, fūcēre	fūcētur	fūcēmur	fūcēminī	fūcentur
	imperfect	fūcārer	fūcārēris, fūcārēre	fūcārētur	fūcārēmur	fūcārēminī	fūcārentur
	perfect	fūcātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	fūcātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	fūcā	—	—	fūcāte	—
	future	—	fūcātō	fūcātō	—	fūcātōte	fūcantō
passive	present	—	fūcāre	—	—	fūcāminī	—
	future	—	fūcātor	fūcātor	—	—	fūcantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		fūcāre	fūcāvisse	fūcātūrum esse	fūcārī	fūcātum esse	fūcātum īrī
participles		fūcāns	—	fūcātūrus	—	fūcātus	fūcandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		fūcandī	fūcandō	fūcandum	fūcandō	fūcātum	fūcātū

Noun

fūcō

1. dative/ablative singular of fūcus

References

• “fuco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “fuco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• fuco in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• fuco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • without any disguise, frankly: sine fuco ac fallaciis (Att. 1. 1. 1)