omai

• IPA^(key): /oˈmaj/
• Rhymes: -aj
• Hyphenation: o‧mài

omai

1. (archaic, poetic) Contraction of oggimai.

   Synonyms: oramai, ormai

   • early 14^th century, Dante, “Canto VII”, in Inferno, lines 97–99:

     Or discendiamo omai a maggior pieta;
     già ogne stella cade che saliva
     quand'io mi mossi, e 'l troppo star si vieta

     Let us now descend to a greater torment. Every star that was rising as I set out is now falling, e one cannot stay too long

• -iamo, miao

omai f

1. dative singular form of oma