Esperanto

Proper noun

Parco ‎(accusative Parcon)

1. (Roman mythology) one of the Fates

Italian

Adjective

parco m ‎(feminine singular parca, masculine plural parchi, feminine plural parche)

1. frugal, moderate, temperate, sparing

Synonyms

• frugale
• parsimonioso
• sobrio

Antonyms

• dissoluto
• sprecone

Etymology 2

Noun

parco m ‎(plural parchi)

1. park, garden

Synonyms

• area verde
• giardino
• riserva
• verde pubblico

Verb

parco

1. first-person singular present indicative of parcare

Anagrams

• capro
• carpo
• copra
• porca

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpar.koː/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Italic *pe-ark-e/o-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erk-. See arceo.

Verb

parcō ‎(present infinitive parcere, perfect active pepercī, supine parsum); third conjugation

1. I refrain; I forbear
2. (with dative) I am lenient to; I spare
   • c. 50 BCE, Publilius Syrus, Sententiae

     Bonīs nocet quisquis pepercit malīs.

     He does harm to the good, whoever has been lenient to the bad

Inflection

Descendants

• English: parsimony

Etymology 2

Adjective

parcō

1. dative masculine singular of parcus
2. dative neuter singular of parcus
3. ablative masculine singular of parcus
4. ablative neuter singular of parcus

References

• parco in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• parco in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “parco”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to spare no pains: labori, operae non parcere
    
  • to incur few expenses: sumptui parcere (Fam. 16. 4)
    
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill

Spanish

Adjective

parco m ‎(feminine singular parca, masculine plural parcos, feminine plural parcas)

1. frugal