mendico
See also: mendicò
Italian
Etymology 1
From Latin mendīcus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /menˈdi.ko/
- Rhymes: -iko
- Hyphenation: men‧dì‧co
Adjective
mendico (feminine mendica, masculine plural mendichi, feminine plural mendiche)
- mendicant
- Synonym: mendicante
Derived terms
- mendicamente
Noun
mendico m (plural mendichi)
- mendicant, beggar
- Synonym: mendicante
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmen.di.ko/, /ˈmɛn.di.ko/[1]
- Rhymes: -endiko, -ɛndiko
- Hyphenation: mén‧di‧co, mèn‧di‧co
Verb
mendico
- first-person singular present indicative of mendicare
Related terms
- mendicare
- mendicità
References
- mendico in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Latin
Etymology
From mendīcus (“beggarly, needy”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /menˈdiː.koː/, [mɛn̪ˈd̪iːkoː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /menˈdi.ko/, [men̪ˈd̪iːko]
Verb
mendīcō (present infinitive mendīcāre, perfect active mendīcāvī, supine mendīcātum); first conjugation, irregular short imperative
- I beg, ask for alms.
Conjugation
| Conjugation of mendīcō (first conjugation) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | mendīcō | mendīcās | mendīcat | mendīcāmus | mendīcātis | mendīcant |
| imperfect | mendīcābam | mendīcābās | mendīcābat | mendīcābāmus | mendīcābātis | mendīcābant | |
| future | mendīcābō | mendīcābis | mendīcābit | mendīcābimus | mendīcābitis | mendīcābunt | |
| perfect | mendīcāvī | mendīcāvistī | mendīcāvit | mendīcāvimus | mendīcāvistis | mendīcāvērunt, mendīcāvēre | |
| pluperfect | mendīcāveram | mendīcāverās | mendīcāverat | mendīcāverāmus | mendīcāverātis | mendīcāverant | |
| future perfect | mendīcāverō | mendīcāveris | mendīcāverit | mendīcāverimus | mendīcāveritis | mendīcāverint | |
| passive | present | mendīcor | mendīcāris, mendīcāre | mendīcātur | mendīcāmur | mendīcāminī | mendīcantur |
| imperfect | mendīcābar | mendīcābāris, mendīcābāre | mendīcābātur | mendīcābāmur | mendīcābāminī | mendīcābantur | |
| future | mendīcābor | mendīcāberis, mendīcābere | mendīcābitur | mendīcābimur | mendīcābiminī | mendīcābuntur | |
| perfect | mendīcātus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | mendīcātus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||
| future perfect | mendīcātus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | mendīcem | mendīcēs | mendīcet | mendīcēmus | mendīcētis | mendīcent |
| imperfect | mendīcārem | mendīcārēs | mendīcāret | mendīcārēmus | mendīcārētis | mendīcārent | |
| perfect | mendīcāverim | mendīcāverīs | mendīcāverit | mendīcāverīmus | mendīcāverītis | mendīcāverint | |
| pluperfect | mendīcāvissem | mendīcāvissēs | mendīcāvisset | mendīcāvissēmus | mendīcāvissētis | mendīcāvissent | |
| passive | present | mendīcer | mendīcēris, mendīcēre | mendīcētur | mendīcēmur | mendīcēminī | mendīcentur |
| imperfect | mendīcārer | mendīcārēris, mendīcārēre | mendīcārētur | mendīcārēmur | mendīcārēminī | mendīcārentur | |
| perfect | mendīcātus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | mendīcātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | mendīcā | — | — | mendīcāte | — |
| future | — | mendīcātō | mendīcātō | — | mendīcātōte | mendīcantō | |
| passive | present | — | mendīcāre | — | — | mendīcāminī | — |
| future | — | mendīcātor | mendīcātor | — | — | mendīcantor | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | mendīcāre | mendīcāvisse | mendīcātūrum esse | mendīcārī, mendīcārier1 | mendīcātum esse | mendīcātum īrī | |
| participles | mendīcāns | — | mendīcātūrus | — | mendīcātus | mendīcandus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
| mendīcandī | mendīcandō | mendīcandum | mendīcandō | mendīcātum | mendīcātū | ||
1The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested.
Synonyms
- mendīcor
Related terms
- mendīcābulum
- mendīcābundus
- mendīcāns
- mendīcātiō
- mendīcē
- mendīcimōnium
- mendīcitās
- mendīcor
- mendīculus
- mendīcus
Descendants
- Catalan: mendicar
- French: mendier
- Italian: mendicare
- Portuguese: mendigar
- Spanish: mendigar
References
- “mendico”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “mendico”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- mendico in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette