LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbfirst conjugation

siccō

siccō (present infinitive siccāre, perfect active siccāvī, supine siccātum)
Classical[ˈsɪk.koː]Ecclesiastical[ˈsik.ko]

Meaning

  1. to dry, drain, exhaust

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Conjugation conjugation 1

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.siccōsiccābamsiccābōsiccāvīsiccāveramsiccāverō
siccārō
2nd sg.siccāssiccābāssiccābissiccāvistī
siccāstī		siccāverās
siccārās		siccāveris
3rd sg.siccatsiccābatsiccābitsiccāvitsiccāverat
siccārat		siccāverit
siccārit
1st pl.siccāmussiccābāmussiccābimussiccāvimussiccāverāmussiccāverimus
siccārimus
2nd pl.siccātissiccābātissiccābitissiccāvistis
siccāstis		siccāverātis
siccārātis		siccāveritis
siccāritis
3rd pl.siccantsiccābantsiccābuntsiccāvērunt
siccāvēre, siccārunt		siccāverant
siccārant		siccāverint
siccārint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.siccemsiccāremsiccāverim
siccārim		siccāvissem
siccāssem
2nd sg.siccēssiccārēssiccāverīssiccāvissēs
siccāssēs
3rd sg.siccetsiccāretsiccāverit
siccārit		siccāvisset
siccāsset
1st pl.siccēmussiccārēmussiccāverīmus
siccārīmus		siccāvissēmus
siccāssēmus
2nd pl.siccētissiccārētissiccāverītis
siccārītis		siccāvissētis
siccāssētis
3rd pl.siccentsiccārentsiccāverint
siccārint		siccāvissent
siccāssent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.siccorsiccābarsiccābor
2nd sg.siccāris
siccāre		siccābāris
siccābāre		siccāberis
siccābere
3rd sg.siccātursiccābātursiccābitur
1st pl.siccāmursiccābāmursiccābimur
2nd pl.siccāminīsiccābāminīsiccābiminī
3rd pl.siccantursiccābantursiccābuntur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.siccersiccārer
2nd sg.siccēris
siccēre		siccārēris
siccārēre
3rd sg.siccētursiccārētur
1st pl.siccēmursiccārēmur
2nd pl.siccēminīsiccārēminī
3rd pl.siccentursiccārentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.siccāsiccāre
pres. 2nd pl.siccātesiccāminī
fut. 2nd sg.siccātōsiccātor
fut. 3rd sg.siccātōsiccātor
fut. 2nd pl.siccātōte—
fut. 3rd pl.siccantōsiccantor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivesiccāresiccārī
perfect infinitivesiccāvisse
siccāsse		siccātum esse
future infinitivesiccātūrum essesiccātum īrī
present participlesiccāns—
perfect participle—siccātus
siccāta, siccātā, siccātae, siccātam, siccātārum, siccātās, siccātī, siccātōrum, siccātōs
future participlesiccātūrus
siccātūra, siccātūrā, siccātūrae, siccātūram, siccātūrārum, siccātūrās, siccātūre, siccātūrī, siccātūrīs, siccātūrō, siccātūrōrum, siccātūrōs, siccātūrum		siccandus
siccanda, siccandā, siccandae, siccandam, siccandārum, siccandās, siccande, siccandīs, siccandōrum, siccandōs
gerundsiccandī, siccandō, siccandumsupinesiccātum, siccātū

sicco, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. id..
I. Act., to make dry, to dry, to dry up.
A. In gen. (freq. and class.): venti et sol siccare prius confidunt omnia posse, Lucr. 5, 390; cf.: sol siccaverat herbas, Ov. M. 4, 82: siccabat rorantes capillos, id. F. 4, 141: sole capillos, id. M. 11, 770; Plin. 27, 9, 55, § 79: aliquid in sole, Col. 12, 46, 5; Plin. 12, 13, 27, § 47: aliquid ad lunam, id. 21, 11, 36, § 62: lina madentia, Ov. M. 13, 931: retia litore, id. ib. 11, 362: vellera, Verg. E. 3, 95: veste cruores, id. A. 4, 687: cruorem, Gell. 5, 14, 22: lacrimas, Prop. 1, 19, 23; Ov. M. 8, 469; 9, 395; id. F. 3, 509: jocis lacrimas siccare, Quint. 11, 1, 6 al.: genas, Ov. M. 10, 362: frontem sudario, Quint. 11, 3, 148.—
B. Esp.
1. To dry up, drain land, marshes, springs, etc.: paludes, Cic. Phil. 5, 3, 7; so, paludem, Quint. 3, 8, 16; Suet. Caes. 44: amnes, Ov. M. 2, 257: fontes, id. ib. 13, 690; cf.: palustria aestate siccantur, Plin. 12, 22, 48, § 104: agri siccati, drained lands, lands uncovered by draining, Suet. Claud. 20: dea Sidereo siccata sitim collegit ab aestu, parched, Ov. M. 6, 341.—
2. To exhaust, drain dry, etc. (poet.): ovis ubera, Verg. E. 2, 42; so, distenta ubera, Hor. Epod. 2, 46; for which, transf.: distentas siccant pecudes, Luc. 4, 314; so, siccata ovis, i. e. milked, Ov. Am. 3, 5, 14: calices, i. e. to drain, empty, Hor. S. 2, 6, 68; so. cadis siccatis, id. C. 1, 35, 27; cf.: cum siccare sacram largo Permessida posset Ore, to drink deeply from the fountain of the Muses, i. e. to be a great poet, Mart. 8, 70, 3.—In Gr. construction: Arethusa virides manu siccata capillos, Ov. M. 5, 575.—
3. To dry up, heal up, remore an unwholesome humor; or, to heal up, free some part of the body from an unwholesome humor (poet. and in the elder Pliny): ad pituitam oris siccandam. Plin. 23, 1, 13, § 17: suppurata, id. 36, 17, 28, § 133: strumas, id. 24, 4, 6, § 11: corpora, id. 31, 6, 33, § 62: os, id. 12, 12, 26, § 43: arterias umidas, id. 20, 14, 53, § 148; cf.: corpus pilā, i. e. to strengthen, invigorate, Lucil. ap. Non. 394, 29; v. siccitas, I. B. 3.: vulnera, Ov. M. 10, 187; cf.: ad fluminis undam Vulnera siccabat lymphis, Verg. A. 10, 834; for which, in a Gr. construction: juvenes siccati vulnera lymphis, Stat. Th. 1, 527.—
II. Neutr., to become dry, get dry (very rare): quotiens flumina et stagna siccaverint, Lact. 7, 3, 8: tundis cuminum et postea infundis in aceto; cum siccaverit, etc., Apic. 3, 18, § 105; 4, 2, § 132 al.—Impers.: ubi pluerit et siccaverit, Cato, R. R. 112, 2.

Origins

From siccus (“dry”) + -ō.

Descendants
  • Catalansecar
  • Englishsiccate
  • Frenchsécherfrom Old French secher
  • Italianseccare
  • Occitansecar
  • Occitansechar
  • Portuguesesecar
  • Romanianseca
  • Romaniansecare
  • Sardiniansicai

Quick answers

What does siccō mean in Latin?
siccō, a verb, means “to dry, drain, exhaust”.
What are the principal parts of siccō?
siccō, siccāre, siccāvī, siccātum (first conjugation).
How do you pronounce siccō?
In classical Latin, [ˈsɪk.koː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈsik.ko].