mico

See also: miço and mico-

English

Etymology

Spanish or Portuguese

Noun

mico (plural micos)

  1. A small South American monkey (Mico melanurus), allied to the marmoset.

Usage notes

  • The name was originally applied to an albino variety.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for mico in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

Catalan

Etymology

From Spanish mico.

Noun

mico m (plural micos)

  1. monkey

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *meyk- (“to shimmer”)[1].

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmi.koː/, [ˈmɪ.koː]

Verb

micō (present infinitive micāre, perfect active micuī); first conjugation, no passive

  1. I vibrate, quiver
  2. I twinkle, glitter
  3. I tremble
  4. I beat (of the pulse)

Inflection

   Conjugation of mico (first conjugation, active only)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present micō micās micat micāmus micātis micant
imperfect micābam micābās micābat micābāmus micābātis micābant
future micābō micābis micābit micābimus micābitis micābunt
perfect micuī micuistī micuit micuimus micuistis micuērunt, micuēre
pluperfect micueram micuerās micuerat micuerāmus micuerātis micuerant
future perfect micuerō micueris micuerit micuerimus micueritis micuerint
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present micem micēs micet micēmus micētis micent
imperfect micārem micārēs micāret micārēmus micārētis micārent
perfect micuerim micuerīs micuerit micuerīmus micuerītis micuerint
pluperfect micuissem micuissēs micuisset micuissēmus micuissētis micuissent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — micā — — micāte —
future — micātō micātō — micātōte micantō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives micāre micuisse — — — —
participles micāns — — — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
nominative genitive dative/ablative accusative accusative ablative
micāre micandī micandō micandum — —

There is a supine mictum, found in Priscian; but it is not in use.

Derived terms

  • praemicō
  • prōmicō
  • supermicō

Descendants

References

  • mico in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • mico in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • mico in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • the lightning flashes: fulmina micant
  1. ↑ Walde, Alois; Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1954), “mico”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2, 3rd edition, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 86

Portuguese

Noun

mico m (plural micos)

  1. A monkey with a prehensile tail.
  2. A gaffe, a blunder.

Derived terms

  • mico-leão
  • mico-leão-dourado

See also

Spanish

Etymology

From Cumanagota.

Noun

mico m (plural micos)

  1. A monkey with a prehensile tail.
  2. (familiar) child
  3. An ugly person.
  4. (Nicaragua) Vulva.

See also

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