abisso
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈbis.so/
- Rhymes: -isso
- Hyphenation: a‧bìs‧so
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Late Latin abyssus, from Ancient Greek ἄβῠσσος (ábussos, “bottomless”).
Noun
abisso m (plural abissi)
- abyss, gulf
- 1825, Vincenzo Monti, transl., “Libro XXII [Book 22]”, in Iliade [Iliad], Milan: Giovanni Resnati e Gius. Bernardoni di Gio, translation of Ἰλιάς (Iliás) by Homer, published 1840, lines 463–466, page 479:
- Così detto, spirò. Sciolta dal corpo
Prese l’alma il suo vol verso l’abisso,
Lamentando il suo fato ed il perduto
Fior della forte gioventude. […]- Having said that, he passed. His soul, released from the body, took flight towards the abyss, lamenting its fate and the lost flower of strong youth.
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Further reading
- abisso in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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