mastico

See also: masticó and masticò

Catalan

Verb

mastico

1. first-person singular present indicative of masticar

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmas.ti.ko/
• Rhymes: -astiko
• Hyphenation: mà‧sti‧co

Verb

mastico

1. first-person singular present indicative of masticare

Anagrams

• Moscati, cistoma, moscati, stomaci

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek μαστιχάω (mastikháō).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈmas.tɪ.koː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈmas.ti.ko]

Verb

masticō (present infinitive masticāre, perfect active masticāvī, supine masticātum); first conjugation (post-classical)

1. to chew

Conjugation

   Conjugation of masticō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	masticō		masticās		masticat		masticāmus		masticātis		masticant
	imperfect	masticābam		masticābās		masticābat		masticābāmus		masticābātis		masticābant
	future	masticābō		masticābis		masticābit		masticābimus		masticābitis		masticābunt
	perfect	masticāvī		masticāvistī		masticāvit		masticāvimus		masticāvistis		masticāvērunt, masticāvēre
	pluperfect	masticāveram		masticāverās		masticāverat		masticāverāmus		masticāverātis		masticāverant
	future perfect	masticāverō		masticāveris		masticāverit		masticāverimus		masticāveritis		masticāverint
passive	present	masticor		masticāris, masticāre		masticātur		masticāmur		masticāminī		masticantur
	imperfect	masticābar		masticābāris, masticābāre		masticābātur		masticābāmur		masticābāminī		masticābantur
	future	masticābor		masticāberis, masticābere		masticābitur		masticābimur		masticābiminī		masticābuntur
	perfect	masticātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	masticātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	masticātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	masticem		masticēs		masticet		masticēmus		masticētis		masticent
	imperfect	masticārem		masticārēs		masticāret		masticārēmus		masticārētis		masticārent
	perfect	masticāverim		masticāverīs		masticāverit		masticāverīmus		masticāverītis		masticāverint
	pluperfect	masticāvissem		masticāvissēs		masticāvisset		masticāvissēmus		masticāvissētis		masticāvissent
passive	present	masticer		masticēris, masticēre		masticētur		masticēmur		masticēminī		masticentur
	imperfect	masticārer		masticārēris, masticārēre		masticārētur		masticārēmur		masticārēminī		masticārentur
	perfect	masticātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	masticātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		masticā		—		—		masticāte		—
	future	—		masticātō		masticātō		—		masticātōte		masticantō
passive	present	—		masticāre		—		—		masticāminī		—
	future	—		masticātor		masticātor		—		—		masticantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		masticāre			masticārī			masticāns			—
future		masticātūrum esse			masticātum īrī			masticātūrus			masticandus
perfect		masticāvisse			masticātum esse			—			masticātus
future perfect		—			masticātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		masticātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		masticandī		masticandō		masticandum		masticandō		masticātum		masticātū

Descendants

• Balkan Romance:
  • Aromanian: meastic
  • Megleno-Romanian: mastic, mestic
  • Romanian: mesteca
• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: masticare
  • Neapolitan: mazzecare
  • Sicilian: masticari, macicari
• Insular Romance:
  • Sardinian: masticare, mastigare, massiai
• North Italian:
  • Gallo-Italic:
    • Lombard: mastegar
    • Piedmontese: mastié, mas-cé
    • Romagnol: mastigher
  • Friulian: mastiâ
  • Venetan: mastegar
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: mastegar
  • Franco-Provençal: mâchiér
  • Old French: mascher
    • French: mâcher (see there for further descendants)
  • Occitan: mastegar (several dialects)

    Auvergnat: maschar

    Gascon: amastegar, mastecar, amastecar

    Languedocien: machegar

    Limousin: maschar

    Vivaro-Alpine: mastiar

• Ibero-Romance:
  • Aragonese: mastegar, mastecar (central), mascar
  • Galician: mascar
  • Portuguese: mascar
  • Spanish: mascar
• Ancient borrowings:
  • → Proto-Albanian:
    • Albanian: mështekohem
• Later borrowings:
  • → Catalan: masticar
  • → English: masticate
  • → French: mastiquer
  • → Galician: mastigar (semi-learned)
  • → Occitan: masticar
  • → Portuguese: mastigar (semi-learned)
  • → Romanian: mastica
  • → Spanish: masticar

References

• AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1023: “masticare (i cibi); mastica 3” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
• “mastegar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “masticar”, in Aragonario, diccionario castellano–aragonés (in Spanish)
• Rubattu, Antoninu (2006), “masticare”, in Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes
• https://web.archive.org/web/20230421123628/https://locongres.org/oc/aplicacions/dicodoc-oc

Further reading

• “mastico”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “mastico”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Spanish

Verb

mastico

1. first-person singular present indicative of masticar