balco

Italian

Etymology

From Lombardic *balk (“beam”), from Proto-Germanic *balkô (“beam”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵ- (“beam, prop”). Same source as palco.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbal.ko/, [ˈbäl̺ko̞]
  • Rhymes: -alko
  • Stress: bàlco
  • Hyphenation: bal‧co

Noun

balco m (plural balchi) (obsolete)

  1. balcony
    Synonym: balcone
    • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Purgatorio [The Divine Comedy: Purgatory] (paperback), Bompiani, published 2001, Canto IX, lines 1–3, page 126:
      La concubina di Titone antico ¶ già s'imbiancava al balco d'orïente, ¶ fuor de le braccia del suo dolce amico
      The concubine of old Tithonus now gleamed white upon the eastern balcony, forth from the arms of her sweet paramour
  2. scaffold
    Synonym: palco
    • 1353, Giovanni Boccaccio, “Giornata ottava, Novella II [Eighth Day, Second Story]”, in Decamerone [Decameron]‎, Tommaso Hedlin, published 1527, page 198:
      La Belcolore, ch'era andata in balco, udendolo diſſe. O Sere voi ſiate il ben venuto
      Belcolore then being above in the scaffold, when she heard him, said "Sweet Sir Simon, you are heartely welcome"

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