prisco

From Latin prīscus, from earlier *priuscus, derived from prior (“former”, “previous”), from Proto-Italic *priōs, ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *per (“to go over”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpris.ko/, [ˈpr̺is̪ko]
• Rhymes: -isko
• Stress: prìsco
• Hyphenation: pri‧sco

prisco (feminine singular prisca, masculine plural prischi, feminine plural prische)

1. (poetic) (very) ancient
   • 14th century, Francesco Petrarca, “S'Amore o Morte non da qualche stroppio [If Love or Death do not bring some flaw]”, in Canzoniere‎, 12th edition, Turin: Laterza, published 1989, lines 5-8:

     […] i' farò forse un mio lavor sì doppio ¶ tra lo stil de' moderni e 'l sermon prisco ¶ che, paventosamente a dirlo ardisco, ¶ infin a Roma n’udirai lo scoppio.

     […] perhaps I will create a double work ¶ in modern style but with ancient content, ¶ so that, I’m fearful of saying it too boldly, ¶ you’ll hear the noise even as far as Rome.

   • 1835, Giacomo Leopardi, “II. Sul monumento di Dante [About Dante's monument]”, in Canti‎, Bari: Einaudi, published 1917, lines 3-6, page 18:

     […] non fien da' lacci sciolte ¶ dell'antico sopor l'itale menti ¶ s'ai patrii esempi della prisca etade ¶ questa terra fatal non si rivolga.

     […] they may not be freed from the snares ¶ of their age-old drowsiness, the Italian minds, ¶ if to the country's examples of the ancient age ¶ this great land will not return.

• antico, arcaico, passato, remoto; pristino, vetusto (literary)

• attuale, contemporaneo, moderno, recente

• scopri, scoprì

prīscō

1. dative masculine singular of prīscus
2. dative neuter singular of prīscus
3. ablative masculine singular of prīscus
4. ablative neuter plural of prīscus

prisco m (feminine singular prisca, masculine plural priscos, feminine plural priscas, comparable)

1. pristine (pertaining to the earliest period of something)

• primitivo, primevo, pristino