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Italian
Etymology 1
Inherited from Latin antīquus (“ancient”).
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /anˈti.ko/
- Rhymes: -iko
- Hyphenation: an‧tì‧co
Adjective
antico (feminine antica, masculine plural antichi, feminine plural antiche, superlative antichissimo)
- ancient
- Antonyms: moderno, nuovo
- grani antichi ― ancient grains
Derived terms
See also
Noun
antico m (plural antichi)
- (in the singular) collectively, ancient things
- l'antico e il moderno ― the ancient and the modern, the old and the new
- (in the plural) the ancients (people of the distant past)
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Latin antīcus (“anterior”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /anˈti.ko/
- Rhymes: -iko
- Hyphenation: an‧tì‧co
Adjective
antico (feminine antica, masculine plural antichi, feminine plural antiche)
- (archaeology) anterior, front (of a structural element, the face of a sarcophagus, etc.)
Etymology 3
From Latin antīcus, with a shift of stress due to it being reinterpreted as containing Latin -ĭcus / Italian -ico.
Pronunciation
Adjective
antico (feminine antica, masculine plural antici, feminine plural antiche)
- (anatomy) Synonym of anteriore
- muscolo scaleno antico ― anterior scalene muscle
Further reading
- antico in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
- antico in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
- antico in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
- antico in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
- antìco¹ in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
- antìco² in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
- antico in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
- antico in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
- Antoci, Nocita, catino, catoni, citano, conati, contai, cotani, ctonia, ontica, tonica
Latin
Pronunciation
Adjective
antīcō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of antīcus