auso

ausō

1. Romanization of 𐌰𐌿𐍃𐍉

A Dantean Latinism, learnedly borrowed from Latin ausus, perfect passive participle of audeō (“I dare”). Doublet of oso.

• IPA^(key): /ˈaw.zo/
• Rhymes: -awzo
• Hyphenation: àu‧so

auso (feminine ausa, masculine plural ausi, feminine plural ause)

1. (literary, archaic) bold, daring

   Synonym: osato

   • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Paradiso, Le Monnier, published 2002, Canto XXXII, lines 61–66, page 571:

     Lo rege per cui questo regno pausa ¶ in tanto amore e in tanto diletto, ¶ che nulla volontà è di più ausa, ¶ le menti tutte nel suo lieto aspetto ¶ creando, a suo piacer di grazia dota ¶ diversamente; e qui basti l'effetto.

     The king, by means of whom this realm rests in so great love and in so great delight that no will has dared asking for more, in his own joyous aspect every mind creating, at his pleasure endows with grace diversely; and let here the effect suffice.

• auso in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• IPA^(key): /aˈu.zo/
• Rhymes: -uzo
• Hyphenation: a‧ù‧so

auso

1. first-person singular present indicative of ausare

• uosa

ausō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of ausus

ausō

1. (Old Latin) first-person singular sigmatic future active indicative of audeō

See explanation at audeō.