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ico.

to hit, strike or smite

3 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

verb[ˈiː.koː]Classical-Latin[ˈɪ.koː]Classical-Latin[ˈiː.ko]
  1. to hit, strike or smite

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  2. to stab or sting

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  3. to make a treaty

    conjugation-3
    foedus icio
Where this word comes from

Assuming ĭcō with short i is original, possibly from the zero grade of Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyḱ- (“to stab, prick, sting”), of which this Latin word might be the only known verbal reflex; tentatively compare Ancient Greek αἰχμή (aikhmḗ, “point of a spear”), ἴξ (íx, “kind of worm”), Proto-Germanic *aigin (“shoot; barb”), dialectal Swedish egel (“seed sprout”) and Lithuanian iēšmas (“spit, broach”).

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