mastico

See also: masticó and masticò

Catalan

Verb

mastico

1. first-person singular present indicative of masticar

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.sti.ko/
• Rhymes: -astiko
• Hyphenation: mà‧sti‧co

Verb

mastico

1. first-person singular present indicative of masticare

Anagrams

• Moscati, cistoma, moscati, stomaci

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek μαστιχάω (mastikháō).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈmas.ti.koː/, [ˈmäs̠t̪ɪkoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmas.ti.ko/, [ˈmäst̪iko]

Verb

masticō (present infinitive masticāre, perfect active masticāvī, supine masticātum); first conjugation (post-classical)

1. to chew

Conjugation

Conjugation of masticō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	masticō	masticās	masticat	masticāmus	masticātis	masticant
	imperfect	masticābam	masticābās	masticābat	masticābāmus	masticābātis	masticābant
	future	masticābō	masticābis	masticābit	masticābimus	masticābitis	masticābunt
	perfect	masticāvī	masticāvistī	masticāvit	masticāvimus	masticāvistis	masticāvērunt, masticāvēre
	pluperfect	masticāveram	masticāverās	masticāverat	masticāverāmus	masticāverātis	masticāverant
	future perfect	masticāverō	masticāveris	masticāverit	masticāverimus	masticāveritis	masticāverint
passive	present	masticor	masticāris, masticāre	masticātur	masticāmur	masticāminī	masticantur
	imperfect	masticābar	masticābāris, masticābāre	masticābātur	masticābāmur	masticābāminī	masticābantur
	future	masticābor	masticāberis, masticābere	masticābitur	masticābimur	masticābiminī	masticābuntur
	perfect	masticātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	masticātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	masticātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	masticem	masticēs	masticet	masticēmus	masticētis	masticent
	imperfect	masticārem	masticārēs	masticāret	masticārēmus	masticārētis	masticārent
	perfect	masticāverim	masticāverīs	masticāverit	masticāverīmus	masticāverītis	masticāverint
	pluperfect	masticāvissem	masticāvissēs	masticāvisset	masticāvissēmus	masticāvissētis	masticāvissent
passive	present	masticer	masticēris, masticēre	masticētur	masticēmur	masticēminī	masticentur
	imperfect	masticārer	masticārēris, masticārēre	masticārētur	masticārēmur	masticārēminī	masticārentur
	perfect	masticātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	masticātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	masticā	—	—	masticāte	—
	future	—	masticātō	masticātō	—	masticātōte	masticantō
passive	present	—	masticāre	—	—	masticāminī	—
	future	—	masticātor	masticātor	—	—	masticantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		masticāre	masticāvisse	masticātūrum esse	masticārī	masticātum esse	masticātum īrī
participles		masticāns	—	masticātūrus	—	masticātus	masticandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		masticandī	masticandō	masticandum	masticandō	masticātum	masticātū

Descendants

• Balkan Romance:
  • Aromanian: meastic
  • Megleno-Romanian: mastic, mestic
  • Romanian: mesteca
• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: masticare
  • Neapolitan: mazzecare
  • Sicilian: masticari, macicari
• Insular Romance:
  • Sardinian: masticare, mastigare, massiai
• North Italian:
  • Gallo-Italic:
    • Lombard: mastegar
    • Piedmontese: mastié, mas-cé
    • Romagnol: mastigher
  • Friulian: mastiâ
  • Venetan: mastegar
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: mastegar
  • Franco-Provençal: mâchiér
  • Old French: mascher
    • French: mâcher (see there for further descendants)
  • Occitan: mastegar (several dialects)

    Auvergnat: maschar

    Gascon: amastegar, mastecar, amastecar

    Languedocien: machegar

    Limousin: maschar

    Vivaro-Alpine: mastiar

• Ibero-Romance:
  • Aragonese: mastegar, mastecar (central), mascar
  • Galician: mascar
  • Portuguese: mascar
  • Spanish: mascar
• Ancient borrowings:
  • → Proto-Albanian: [Term?]
    • Albanian: mështekohem
• Later borrowings:
  • → Catalan: masticar
  • → English: masticate
  • → French: mastiquer
  • → Galician: mastigar (semi-learned)
  • → Occitan: masticar
  • → Portuguese: mastigar (semi-learned)
  • → Romanian: mastica
  • → Spanish: masticar

References

• AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1023: “masticare (i cibi); mastica 3” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
• “mastegar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “masticar”, in Aragonario, diccionario castellano–aragonés (in Spanish)
• Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) “masticare”, in Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes
• https://web.archive.org/web/20230421123628/https://locongres.org/oc/aplicacions/dicodoc-oc

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

1. first-person singular present indicative of masticar