morsico

See also: morsicò

Italian

Verb

morsico

1. first-person singular present indicative of morsicare

Anagrams

• Morisco

Latin

Etymology

From morsus +‎ -icō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈmor.si.koː/, [ˈmɔrs̠ɪkoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmor.si.ko/, [ˈmɔrsiko]

Verb

morsicō (present infinitive morsicāre, perfect active morsicāvī, supine morsicātum); first conjugation (post-classical)

1. to bite
2. to press one's lips together (as in kissing)

Conjugation

   Conjugation of morsicō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	morsicō		morsicās		morsicat		morsicāmus		morsicātis		morsicant
	imperfect	morsicābam		morsicābās		morsicābat		morsicābāmus		morsicābātis		morsicābant
	future	morsicābō		morsicābis		morsicābit		morsicābimus		morsicābitis		morsicābunt
	perfect	morsicāvī		morsicāvistī		morsicāvit		morsicāvimus		morsicāvistis		morsicāvērunt, morsicāvēre
	pluperfect	morsicāveram		morsicāverās		morsicāverat		morsicāverāmus		morsicāverātis		morsicāverant
	future perfect	morsicāverō		morsicāveris		morsicāverit		morsicāverimus		morsicāveritis		morsicāverint
passive	present	morsicor		morsicāris, morsicāre		morsicātur		morsicāmur		morsicāminī		morsicantur
	imperfect	morsicābar		morsicābāris, morsicābāre		morsicābātur		morsicābāmur		morsicābāminī		morsicābantur
	future	morsicābor		morsicāberis, morsicābere		morsicābitur		morsicābimur		morsicābiminī		morsicābuntur
	perfect	morsicātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	morsicātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	morsicātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	morsicem		morsicēs		morsicet		morsicēmus		morsicētis		morsicent
	imperfect	morsicārem		morsicārēs		morsicāret		morsicārēmus		morsicārētis		morsicārent
	perfect	morsicāverim		morsicāverīs		morsicāverit		morsicāverīmus		morsicāverītis		morsicāverint
	pluperfect	morsicāvissem		morsicāvissēs		morsicāvisset		morsicāvissēmus		morsicāvissētis		morsicāvissent
passive	present	morsicer		morsicēris, morsicēre		morsicētur		morsicēmur		morsicēminī		morsicentur
	imperfect	morsicārer		morsicārēris, morsicārēre		morsicārētur		morsicārēmur		morsicārēminī		morsicārentur
	perfect	morsicātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	morsicātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		morsicā		—		—		morsicāte		—
	future	—		morsicātō		morsicātō		—		morsicātōte		morsicantō
passive	present	—		morsicāre		—		—		morsicāminī		—
	future	—		morsicātor		morsicātor		—		—		morsicantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		morsicāre			morsicārī			morsicāns			—
future		morsicātūrum esse			morsicātum īrī			morsicātūrus			morsicandus
perfect		morsicāvisse			morsicātum esse			—			morsicātus
future perfect		—			morsicātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		morsicātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		morsicandī		morsicandō		morsicandum		morsicandō		morsicātum		morsicātū

Derived terms

• commorsicō
• demorsicō

Descendants

• Balkan Romance:
  • Romanian: murseca, mursica
• Dalmatian:
  • morscur, morscuor, moscuor, moscuar
• Italo-Romance:
  • Corsican: mursicà
  • Italian: morsicare
  • Neapolitan:

    Tarantino: muzzecà

  • Sicilian: muzzicari
• North Italian:
  • Friulian: smorseâ
  • Istriot: mursagà
  • Venetan: morsegar, mosegar, musegar
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: mossegar
  • Occitan: mossegar
• Ibero-Romance:
  • ⇒ Aragonese: mosaquiar
  • Galician: amosegar
  • Portuguese: morsegar, mossegar
  • Spanish: moscar
  • → Basque: murtxikatu

References

• “morsico”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• morsico in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.