marcio

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See also: marció and marciò

Italian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Verb

marcio

  1. first-person singular present indicative of marciare

Etymology 2

Derived ultimately from Latin marcēre (“rot”). Perhaps directly a deverbal of Italian marcire.

Adjective

marcio (feminine marcia, masculine plural marci, feminine plural marce)

  1. rotten
  2. rotting
  3. festering
  4. corrupt

Noun

marcio m (plural marci)

  1. the bad or rotten part of something

Further reading

  • marcio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From Classical marceō, reassigned to the fourth conjugation. Attested from the sixth century CE.

Verb

marciō (present infinitive marcīre, perfect active marcuī, supine *marcītum); fourth conjugation (Late Latin)

  1. Alternative form of marceō (“to wither, to languish”)

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “marcēre”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 6/1: Mabile–Mephitis, page 306.
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