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antico.

ancient

6 characters3 syllables approx.Italiano language

Meaning & usage

adj/anˈti.ko/

  1. ancient

    grani antichi
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Latin antīquus (“ancient”).

noun/anˈti.ko/

  1. collectively, ancient things

    masculine · singular
    l'antico e il moderno

  2. the ancients (people of the distant past)

    in-plural · masculine
    la saggezza degli antichi
    i Grandi Antichi
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Latin antīquus (“ancient”).

adj/anˈti.ko/

  1. anterior, front (of a structural element, the face of a sarcophagus, etc.)

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Latin antīcus (“anterior”).

adj/ˈan.ti.ko/

  1. synonym of anteriore

    muscolo scaleno antico
Where this word comes from

From Latin antīcus, with a shift of stress due to it being reinterpreted as containing Latin -ĭcus / Italian -ico.

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