mico

See also: miço and mico-

English

Etymology

Spanish or Portuguese

Noun

mico (plural micos)

  1. A small South American monkey (Mico melanurus, syn. Callithrix melanura), allied to the marmoset.

Usage notes
  • The name was originally applied to an albino variety.

Synonyms

References
  • mico at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

Catalan

Etymology

From Spanish mico.

Pronunciation

Noun

mico m (plural micos)

  1. monkey

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *meyk- (“to shimmer”)[1].

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmi.koː/, [ˈmɪ.koː]

Verb

micō (present infinitive micāre, perfect active micuī); first conjugation, no passive

  1. I vibrate, quiver
  2. I twinkle, glitter
  3. I tremble
  4. I beat (of the pulse)

Inflection
   Conjugation of mico (first conjugation, active only)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present micō micās micat micāmus micātis micant
imperfect micābam micābās micābat micābāmus micābātis micābant
future micābō micābis micābit micābimus micābitis micābunt
perfect micuī micuistī micuit micuimus micuistis micuērunt, micuēre
pluperfect micueram micuerās micuerat micuerāmus micuerātis micuerant
future perfect micuerō micueris micuerit micuerimus micueritis micuerint
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present micem micēs micet micēmus micētis micent
imperfect micārem micārēs micāret micārēmus micārētis micārent
perfect micuerim micuerīs micuerit micuerimus micueritis micuerint
pluperfect micuissem micuissēs micuisset micuissēmus micuissētis micuissent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — micā — — micāte —
future — micātō micātō — micātōte micantō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives micāre micuisse — — — —
participles micāns — — — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
nominative genitive dative/ablative accusative accusative ablative
micāre micandī micandō micandum — —

There is a supine mictum, found in Priscian; but it is not in use.

Derived terms
  • praemicō
  • prōmicō
  • supermicō

Descendants

References
  • mico in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • mico in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • mico in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • the lightning flashes: fulmina micant
  1. Walde, Alois; Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1954), “mico”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2, 3rd edition, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 86

Portuguese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From a Cariban language, likely via Spanish mico.

Noun

mico m (plural micos)

  1. any of several very small and long-tailed monkeys, such as capuchins and marmosets
    Synonym: sagui (but some make a distinction between saguis and micos)
Derived terms
  • mico-de-cheiro
  • mico-estrela
  • mico-leão
  • mico-leão-de-cara-preta
  • mico-leão-dourado

See also

Etymology 2

Short for mico-preto, a children’s card game where the players have to amass pairs of matching cards, and the card that traditionally depicts a small monkey is the only one without a pair.

Noun

mico m (plural micos)

  1. gaffe; blunder; faux pas (an embarrassing mistake or situation)
    Synonyms: gafe, papelão, vexame
Derived terms

Verb

mico

  1. first-person singular (eu) present indicative of micar

Spanish

Etymology

From Cumanagoto.

Noun

mico m (plural micos)

  1. A monkey with a prehensile tail.
  2. (familiar) child
  3. An ugly person.
  4. (Nicaragua) Vulva.

See also
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