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Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /deˈkɔl.lo/
- Rhymes: -ɔllo
- Hyphenation: de‧còl‧lo
Etymology 1
Noun
decollo m (plural decolli)
- takeoff (of an aircraft etc.)
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
decollo
- first-person singular present indicative of decollare
Latin
Etymology
From dē- + collum + -ō.
Pronunciation
Verb
dēcollō (present infinitive dēcollāre, perfect active dēcollāvī, supine dēcollātum); first conjugation
- to decapitate or behead
Conjugation
1At least one use of the archaic "sigmatic future" and "sigmatic aorist" tenses is attested, which are used by Old Latin writers; most notably Plautus and Terence. The sigmatic future is generally ascribed a future or future perfect meaning, while the sigmatic aorist expresses a possible desire ("might want to").
Descendants
References
- “decollo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- decollo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.