trico

See also: trico-, and tricô

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈtriː.koː/, [ˈt̪riːkoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtri.ko/, [ˈt̪riːko]

Etymology 1

From trīcae (“trifles, trumpery”) +‎ -ō.

Noun

trīcō m (genitive trīcōnis); third declension

1. mischiefmaker, shuffler, trickster

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	trīcō	trīcōnēs
genitive	trīcōnis	trīcōnum
dative	trīcōnī	trīcōnibus
accusative	trīcōnem	trīcōnēs
ablative	trīcōne	trīcōnibus
vocative	trīcō	trīcōnēs

Etymology 2

Reshaping as an active verb of trīcor.

Verb

trīcō (present infinitive trīcāre); first conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stem

1. (Late Latin) Synonym of trīcor

Conjugation

Conjugation of trīcō (first conjugation, no supine stem, no perfect stem, active only)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	trīcō	trīcās	trīcat	trīcāmus	trīcātis	trīcant
	imperfect	trīcābam	trīcābās	trīcābat	trīcābāmus	trīcābātis	trīcābant
	future	trīcābō	trīcābis	trīcābit	trīcābimus	trīcābitis	trīcābunt
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	trīcem	trīcēs	trīcet	trīcēmus	trīcētis	trīcent
	imperfect	trīcārem	trīcārēs	trīcāret	trīcārēmus	trīcārētis	trīcārent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	trīcā	—	—	trīcāte	—
	future	—	trīcātō	trīcātō	—	trīcātōte	trīcantō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		trīcāre	—	—	—	—	—
participles		trīcāns	—	—	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		trīcandī	trīcandō	trīcandum	trīcandō	—	—

Descendants

• Italian: treccare (← Vulgar Latin *triccāre)

References

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

Romanian

Noun

trico n (plural tricouri)

1. Alternative form of tricou

Declension

Declension of trico

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) trico	tricoul	(niște) tricouri	tricourile
genitive/dative	(unui) trico	tricoului	(unor) tricouri	tricourilor
vocative	tricoule		tricourilor

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

trico

1. vocative singular of trica