batocio

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Venetian batocio, due to it being used by Harlequin, a Venetian mask. Doublet of batacchio, batocchio, and battaglio.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baˈtɔ.t͡ʃo/
  • Rhymes: -ɔtʃo
  • Hyphenation: ba‧tò‧cio

Noun

batocio m (plural batoci)

  1. (theater) the stick of a zanni in the commedia dell'arte, most notably of Harlequin and Brighella; behind the scenes it works as a slapstick

Venetian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *battuaculum.

Pronunciation

Noun

batocio m (plural batoci) (Lagunar, Central, Eastern, high Vicentine, Istro-Dalmatian)

  1. bell clapper

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Friulian: batocj
  • → Italian: batocio

References

  • “batòcio”, in el Galepin – www.elgalepin.com
  • Basso, Walter (2005) “batòcio”, in Dizionario da scarsèla veneto–italiano, 2nd edition, Padua: Ed. ScantaBauchi, page 34
  • Nazari, Giulio (1876) “batocio”, in Dizionario vicentino–italiano , Oderzo: Bianchi, page 53a
  • Boerio, Giuseppe (1867) “batòchio”, in Dizionario del dialetto veneziano, 3rd edition, Venice: G. Cecchini, page 70c
  • Patriarchi, Gasparo (1821) “batochio”, in Vocabolario veneziano e padovano , 3rd edition, Padua: Tipografia del Seminario, page 19a
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