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Catalan
Verb
mastico
- first-person singular present indicative of masticar
Italian
Pronunciation
Verb
mastico
- first-person singular present indicative of masticare
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek μαστιχάω (mastikháō).
Pronunciation
Verb
masticō (present infinitive masticāre, perfect active masticāvī, supine masticātum); first conjugation (post-classical)
- to chew
Conjugation
Descendants
- Balkan Romance:
- Italo-Romance:
- Insular Romance:
- North Italian:
- Gallo-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
- Ancient borrowings:
- Later borrowings:
References
Further reading
- “mastico”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- mastico in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Spanish
Verb
mastico
- first-person singular present indicative of masticar