caballico
Latin
Etymology
From caballus + -icō. Attested from the early sixth century in Anthimus and the Lex Salica.[1]
Verb
caballicō (present infinitive caballicāre, perfect active caballicāvī, supine caballicātum); first conjugation (Late Latin)
- to ride (a horse)
- Pactus Legis Salicae XXV.1:
- Si quis caballum sine permissu domini sui ascenderit et eum caballicaverit...
- Should anyone mount a horse without its owner's permission and ride it...
- Si quis caballum sine permissu domini sui ascenderit et eum caballicaverit...
- Pactus Legis Salicae XXV.1:
Conjugation
Descendants
- Italo-Romance:
- Insular Romance:
- Sardinian: cabaddicare, cabaddare, caddicare, caddigare; caddare; cuaddigai
- North Italian:
- Gallo-Romance:
- Catalan: cavalcar, cabalgar, qualcar, colcar
- Franco-Provençal: tsevaodzi
- Old French: chevauchier, kevalkier
- Middle French: chevauchier
- French: chevaucher
- Norman: quevauquier
- Picard: cvaukier
- Middle French: chevauchier
- Occitan: cavalcar, cavalgar
- Ibero-Romance:
- Vulgar Latin: (see there for further descendants)
References
- Buchi, Éva, Schweickard, Wolfgang (2008–) “*/kaˈβall-ik-a-/”, in Dictionnaire Étymologique Roman, Nancy: Analyse et Traitement Informatique de la Langue Française.
- Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911) “caballicare”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 109
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “caballicare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2: C Q K, page 7
Further reading
- caballicare in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- caballico in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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