sicco

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsik.koː/, [ˈs̠ɪkːoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsik.ko/, [ˈsikːo]

Etymology 1

From siccus (“dry”).

Verb

siccō (present infinitive siccāre, perfect active siccāvī, supine siccātum); first conjugation

1. to dry, drain, exhaust

   Synonym: dūrō

   Antonyms: rigō, imbuō, perfundō

Conjugation

Conjugation of siccō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	siccō	siccās	siccat	siccāmus	siccātis	siccant
	imperfect	siccābam	siccābās	siccābat	siccābāmus	siccābātis	siccābant
	future	siccābō	siccābis	siccābit	siccābimus	siccābitis	siccābunt
	perfect	siccāvī	siccāvistī	siccāvit	siccāvimus	siccāvistis	siccāvērunt, siccāvēre
	pluperfect	siccāveram	siccāverās	siccāverat	siccāverāmus	siccāverātis	siccāverant
	future perfect	siccāverō	siccāveris	siccāverit	siccāverimus	siccāveritis	siccāverint
passive	present	siccor	siccāris, siccāre	siccātur	siccāmur	siccāminī	siccantur
	imperfect	siccābar	siccābāris, siccābāre	siccābātur	siccābāmur	siccābāminī	siccābantur
	future	siccābor	siccāberis, siccābere	siccābitur	siccābimur	siccābiminī	siccābuntur
	perfect	siccātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	siccātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	siccātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	siccem	siccēs	siccet	siccēmus	siccētis	siccent
	imperfect	siccārem	siccārēs	siccāret	siccārēmus	siccārētis	siccārent
	perfect	siccāverim	siccāverīs	siccāverit	siccāverīmus	siccāverītis	siccāverint
	pluperfect	siccāvissem	siccāvissēs	siccāvisset	siccāvissēmus	siccāvissētis	siccāvissent
passive	present	siccer	siccēris, siccēre	siccētur	siccēmur	siccēminī	siccentur
	imperfect	siccārer	siccārēris, siccārēre	siccārētur	siccārēmur	siccārēminī	siccārentur
	perfect	siccātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	siccātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	siccā	—	—	siccāte	—
	future	—	siccātō	siccātō	—	siccātōte	siccantō
passive	present	—	siccāre	—	—	siccāminī	—
	future	—	siccātor	siccātor	—	—	siccantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		siccāre	siccāvisse	siccātūrum esse	siccārī	siccātum esse	siccātum īrī
participles		siccāns	—	siccātūrus	—	siccātus	siccandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		siccandī	siccandō	siccandum	siccandō	siccātum	siccātū

Derived terms

• assiccō
• desiccō
• exsiccō

Descendants

• Aragonese: secar
• Aromanian: sec, sicari
• Asturian: secar
• Catalan: secar
• Corsican: siccà, seccà
• → English: siccate (obsolete)
• Extremaduran: secar
• Franco-Provençal: sécher
• Old French: secher, sechier
  • French: sécher
• Friulian: secjâ, sečhâ
• Galician: secar
• Italian: seccare
• Leonese: secar
• Ligurian: sec
• Mirandese: secar
• Norman: sitchi, s'tchi, s'tcher
• Occitan: secar, sechar
• Navarro-Aragonese: secar
• Portuguese: secar
• Romanian: seca, secare
• Romansch: setgar, seccar, secher, sechar
• Sardinian: sicai, sicare, sicari, siccare, siccà
• Sicilian: siccari
• Old Spanish: secar
  • Spanish: secar
• Venetan: secar
• Welsh: sychu

References

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

Etymology 2

Adjective

siccō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of siccus

Neapolitan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin siccus.

Pronunciation

• (Naples) IPA^(key): [ˈsikkə], (feminine) [ˈsekkə]

Adjective

sicco (feminine singular secca, masculine plural sicche, feminine plural secche)

1. dry

References

• AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1034: “secco; secca; secchi” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
• Giacco, Giuseppe (2003) “sicco-secca”, in Schedario Napoletano