dannaggio

Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French damage, Old Occitan damnatge, from Vulgar Latin *damnāticum, derived from Latin damnum (damage).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /danˈnad.d͡ʒo/
  • Rhymes: -addʒo
  • Hyphenation: dan‧nàg‧gio

Noun

dannaggio m (plural dannaggi)

  1. (obsolete) damage, harm
    Synonym: danno
    • early 14th century, Dante, “Canto XXX”, in Inferno, lines 136–141:
      Qual è colui che suo dannaggio sogna,
      che sognando desidera sognare,
      sì che quel ch’è, come non fosse, agogna,
      tal mi fec’ io, non possendo parlare,
      che disïava scusarmi, e scusava
      me tuttavia, e nol mi credea fare.
      And as he is who dreams of his own harm, who dreaming wishes it may be a dream, so that he craves what is, as if it were not; such I became, not having power to speak, for to excuse myself I wished, and still excused myself, and did not think I did it.

Further reading

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