ico

ico

See also: Ico, iĉo, iço, -ico, and -iĉo

Ido

Alternative forms

• co

Etymology

ica (“this”) +‎ -o (“noun”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈi.tso/

Pronoun

ico (plural ici)

1. (demonstrative) this (thing)

   Ico gustas tre bon!

   This (thing) tastes really good!

Related terms

• ica
• ici

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Latin

Alternative forms

• ī̆ciō

Etymology

From the same Proto-Indo-European root as Ancient Greek αἰχμή (aikhmḗ, “point of a spear”) and ἴξ (íx, “kind of worm”).[1]

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈiː.koː/, [ˈiːkoː] or IPA^(key): /ˈi.koː/, [ˈɪkoː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈi.ko/, [ˈiːko][2]

Verb

ī̆cō (present infinitive ī̆cere, perfect active īcī, supine ictum); third conjugation

1. I hit, strike or smite

   Synonyms: pellō, feriō, discutiō, percellō, percutiō, tangō, pulsō, afflīgō, verberō

2. I stab or sting
3. I make a treaty

   Synonyms: pacīscor, percutiō, pangō, feriō

   foedus icio ― I make a treaty

   • Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita I, 1:

     Inde foedus ictum inter duces

     Then the commanders made a treaty (literally: Then a treaty being made between the commanders)

Conjugation

Conjugation of ī̆cō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	ī̆cō	ī̆cis	ī̆cit	ī̆cimus	ī̆citis	ī̆cunt
	imperfect	ī̆cēbam	ī̆cēbās	ī̆cēbat	ī̆cēbāmus	ī̆cēbātis	ī̆cēbant
	future	ī̆cam	ī̆cēs	ī̆cet	ī̆cēmus	ī̆cētis	ī̆cent
	perfect	īcī	īcistī	īcit	īcimus	īcistis	īcērunt, īcēre
	pluperfect	īceram	īcerās	īcerat	īcerāmus	īcerātis	īcerant
	future perfect	īcerō	īceris	īcerit	īcerimus	īceritis	īcerint
passive	present	ī̆cor	ī̆ceris, ī̆cere	ī̆citur	ī̆cimur	ī̆ciminī	ī̆cuntur
	imperfect	ī̆cēbar	ī̆cēbāris, ī̆cēbāre	ī̆cēbātur	ī̆cēbāmur	ī̆cēbāminī	ī̆cēbantur
	future	ī̆car	ī̆cēris, ī̆cēre	ī̆cētur	ī̆cēmur	ī̆cēminī	ī̆centur
	perfect	ictus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	ictus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	ictus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	ī̆cam	ī̆cās	ī̆cat	ī̆cāmus	ī̆cātis	ī̆cant
	imperfect	ī̆cerem	ī̆cerēs	ī̆ceret	ī̆cerēmus	ī̆cerētis	ī̆cerent
	perfect	īcerim	īcerīs	īcerit	īcerīmus	īcerītis	īcerint
	pluperfect	īcissem	īcissēs	īcisset	īcissēmus	īcissētis	īcissent
passive	present	ī̆car	ī̆cāris, ī̆cāre	ī̆cātur	ī̆cāmur	ī̆cāminī	ī̆cantur
	imperfect	ī̆cerer	ī̆cerēris, ī̆cerēre	ī̆cerētur	ī̆cerēmur	ī̆cerēminī	ī̆cerentur
	perfect	ictus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	ictus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	ī̆ce	—	—	ī̆cite	—
	future	—	ī̆citō	ī̆citō	—	ī̆citōte	ī̆cuntō
passive	present	—	ī̆cere	—	—	ī̆ciminī	—
	future	—	ī̆citor	ī̆citor	—	—	ī̆cuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		ī̆cere	īcisse	ictūrum esse	ī̆cī	ictum esse	ictum īrī
participles		ī̆cēns	—	ictūrus	—	ictus	ī̆cendus, ī̆cundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		ī̆cendī	ī̆cendō	ī̆cendum	ī̆cendō	ictum	ictū

Derived terms

• ictus

References

• “ico”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ico”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ico in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to conclude a treaty, an alliance: foedus facere (cum aliquo), icere, ferire
    
• Dizionario Latino-Italiano

1. Walde, Alois; Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1938), “ico”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume I, 3rd edition, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 33
2. Appendix to Bennett's Latin Grammar, Charles Edwin Bennett, 1895, page 66