decollo

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See also: decollò

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /deˈkɔl.lo/
  • Rhymes: -ɔllo
  • Hyphenation: de‧còl‧lo

Etymology 1

Noun

decollo m (plural decolli)

  1. takeoff (of an aircraft etc.)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

decollo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of decollare

Latin

Etymology

From dē- +‎ collum +‎ .

Pronunciation

Verb

dēcollō (present infinitive dēcollāre, perfect active dēcollāvī, supine dēcollātum); first conjugation

  1. 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.