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Catalan
Verb
propino
- first-person singular present indicative of propinar
Italian
Verb
propino
- first-person singular present indicative of propinare
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek προπίνω (propínō), from προ- (pro-, “before”) + πίνω (pínō, “I drink, carouse”).
Pronunciation
Verb
propīnō (present infinitive propīnāre, perfect active propīnāvī, supine propīnātum); first conjugation
- to drink to someone's health, toast someone
86 CE – 103 CE,
Martial,
Epigrammata 2.15:
- Quod nūllī calicem tuum propīnās
hūmānē facis, Horme, nōn superbē.
- to pledge
- to offer food or drink
- to supply, provide, procure something
- to water (plants)
Conjugation
Descendants
References
- “propino”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “propino”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- propino in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɾoˈpino/
- Rhymes: -ino
- Syllabification: pro‧pi‧no
Etymology 1
Noun
propino m (plural propinos)
- (organic chemistry) propyne, methylacetylene
- Synonym: metilacetileno
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
propino
- first-person singular present indicative of propinar