LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinesecond declension

pīccus

*pīccus m (oblique *pīccum)

Meaning

  1. Proto Italo Western Romancereconstructionsharp point, peak
  2. Proto Italo Western Romancereconstructionspike, pike

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominative/ˈpikkos//ˈpitt͡ʃi/

Origins

Possible borrowing from Frankish *pikk, *pīk (compare Dutch piek (“peak, pike”), from Proto-Germanic *pikjaz, *pīkaz.

Elsewhere
  • Catalanpic
  • Frenchpicfrom Old French pic
  • Frenchpivertfrom Old French pic
  • Italianpicco
  • Occitanpicfrom Old Occitan pic
  • Friulianpic
  • Piedmontesepic
  • Piedmontesepions
  • Piedmontesepicons
  • Piedmontesepicassa
Iberian
  • Portuguesepicofrom Old Galician-Portuguese pico
  • Spanishpico
  • Sardinianpicufrom Spanish pico
  • Aragonesepico
  • Asturianpicufrom Old Leonese pico
  • Leonesepicufrom Old Leonese pico
  • Galicianpicofrom Old Galician-Portuguese pico
  • Sicilianpicu

Quick answers

What does pīccus mean in Latin?
pīccus, a noun, means “sharp point, peak; spike, pike”.