nicto
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Latin[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- (deponent form) nictor
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Indo-European *kneygʷʰ- (“to bend, to droop”). Cognate with connīveō, nītor (“to bear or rest upon something”), Proto-Germanic *hnīwaną.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈnik.toː/, [ˈnɪkt̪oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈnik.to/, [ˈnikt̪o]
Verb[edit]
nictō (present infinitive nictāre, perfect active nictāvī, supine nictātum); first conjugation
- to blink
- to wink, signal with the eyes
- (figuratively, of fire) to flash
- (figuratively) to strive, make effort
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Descendants[edit]
- English: nictate
References[edit]
- “nicto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- nicto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.