liceo

Esperanto

Etymology

From French lycée and Italian liceo, both from Latin lyceum, ultimately from Ancient Greek Λύκειον (Lúkeion, “Lyceum”).

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): [liˈt͡seo]
• Rhymes: -eo
• Hyphenation: li‧ce‧o

Noun

liceo (accusative singular liceon, plural liceoj, accusative plural liceojn)

1. (France, Italy) secondary school, lyceum

   Synonyms: gimnazio, mezlernejo

Hypernyms

• lernejo (“school”)

Meronyms

• liceano

References

ReVo:lice

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /liˈt͡ʃɛ.o/

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• Rhymes: -ɛo
• Hyphenation: li‧cè‧o

Noun

liceo m (plural licei)

1. a type of Italian secondary school/high school focused on the study of humanistic subjects; lyceum

   Hypernyms: (secondary school) scuola secondaria, (high school) scuola superiore

   Hyponyms: (classical lyceum) liceo classico, (scientific lyceum, focused on the study of mathematics and scientific subjects) liceo scientifico, (dated, linguistic lyceum) liceo moderno, (linguistic lyceum, focused on the study of foreign languages) liceo linguistico, (art lyceum, focused on the study of art subjects) liceo artistico

Derived terms

• liceale

Anagrams

• Celio, Oicle, celio, celiò, cielo, colei

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *leyk- (“to prepare for sale”). Cognate with liceor and licet; see there for more.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈli.ke.oː/, [ˈlʲɪkeoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈli.t͡ʃe.o/, [ˈliːt͡ʃeo]

Verb

liceō (present infinitive licēre, perfect active licuī, supine licitum); second conjugation, no passive

1. to be for sale

   Synonym: pendeō

2. to have a price; to fetch; to value

Conjugation

   Conjugation of liceō (second conjugation, active-only)

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	liceō	licēs	licet	licēmus	licētis	licent
	imperfect	licēbam	licēbās	licēbat	licēbāmus	licēbātis	licēbant
	future	licēbō	licēbis	licēbit	licēbimus	licēbitis	licēbunt
	perfect	licuī	licuistī	licuit	licuimus	licuistis	licuērunt, licuēre
	pluperfect	licueram	licuerās	licuerat	licuerāmus	licuerātis	licuerant
	future perfect	licuerō	licueris	licuerit	licuerimus	licueritis	licuerint
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	liceam	liceās	liceat	liceāmus	liceātis	liceant
	imperfect	licērem	licērēs	licēret	licērēmus	licērētis	licērent
	perfect	licuerim	licuerīs	licuerit	licuerīmus	licuerītis	licuerint
	pluperfect	licuissem	licuissēs	licuisset	licuissēmus	licuissētis	licuissent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	licē	—	—	licēte	—
	future	—	licētō	licētō	—	licētōte	licentō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		licēre	licuisse	licitūrum esse	—	—	—
participles		licēns	—	licitūrus	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		licendī	licendō	licendum	licendō	licitum	licitū

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lyceum, from Ancient Greek Λύκειον (Lúkeion) (the name of a gymnasium, or athletic training facility, near Athens where Aristotle established his school), from Λύκειος ("Lycian" or "wolf-killer"). Probably influenced or derived directly from French lycée.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /liˈθeo/ [liˈθe.o]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /liˈseo/ [liˈse.o]
• Rhymes: -eo
• Syllabification: li‧ce‧o

Noun

liceo m (plural liceos)

1. (Latin America) secondary school, high school (in some countries)

   Synonyms: secundaria, escuela secundaria

Further reading

• “liceo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Anagrams

• cielo