prisco

See also: Prisco

Italian

FWOTD – 5 April 2017

Etymology

From Latin prīscus, from earlier *priuscus, derived from prior (“former”, “previous”), from Proto-Italic *priōs, ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *per (“to go over”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpris.ko/
• Rhymes: -isko
• Hyphenation: prì‧sco

Adjective

prisco (feminine prisca, masculine plural prischi, feminine plural prische)

1. (poetic) (very) ancient

   Synonyms: antico, arcaico, passato, remoto, (literary) pristino, (literary) vetusto

   Antonyms: attuale, contemporaneo, moderno, recente

   • 14th century, Francesco Petrarca with Gianfranco Contini, “S'Amore o Morte non da qualche stroppio [If Love or Death do not bring some flaw]”, in Canzoniere‎, 12th edition, Turin: Laterza, published 1989, lines 5–8:

     […] i' farò forse un mio lavor sì doppio ¶ tra lo stil de' moderni e 'l sermon prisco ¶ che, paventosamente a dirlo ardisco, ¶ infin a Roma n’udirai lo scoppio.

     […] perhaps I will create a double work ¶ in modern style but with ancient content, ¶ so that, I’m fearful of saying it too boldly, ¶ you’ll hear the noise even as far as Rome.

   • 1835, Giacomo Leopardi with Alessandro Donati, “II. Sul monumento di Dante [About Dante's monument]”, in Canti‎, Bari: Einaudi, published 1917, page 18, lines 3–6:

     […] non fien da' lacci sciolte ¶ dell'antico sopor l'itale menti ¶ s'ai patrii esempi della prisca etade ¶ questa terra fatal non si rivolga.

     […] they may not be freed from the snares ¶ of their age-old drowsiness, the Italian minds, ¶ if to the country's examples of the ancient age ¶ this great land will not return.

Anagrams

• Scirpo, scirpo, scopri, scoprì

Latin

Adjective

prīscō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of prīscus

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɾis.ku/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɾis.ku/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈpɾiʃ.ku/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɾis.ko/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpɾiʃ.ku/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -isku, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -iʃku
• Hyphenation: pris‧co

Adjective

prisco (feminine prisca, masculine plural priscos, feminine plural priscas)

1. pristine (pertaining to the earliest period of something)

   Synonyms: primitivo, primevo, prístino

Further reading

• “prisco”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “prisco”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Alternative forms

• aprisco

Etymology

Inherited from Latin persicum (“peach”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɾisko/ [ˈpɾis.ko]
• Rhymes: -isko
• Syllabification: pris‧co

Noun

prisco m (plural priscos)

1. (regional) apricot

   Synonym: albaricoque

Further reading

• “prisco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
• Prunus armeniaca on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es