pieta

pieta (plural pietas)

1. Alternative form of pietà

• Tapei

First used by Dante, with an accent that corresponds to the one of the nominative of the Latin etymon pietās.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpjɛ.ta/
• Rhymes: -ɛta
• Hyphenation: piè‧ta

pieta f (invariable)

1. (rare, poetic, Dantesque) Alternative form of pietà
   • early 14^th century, Dante, “Canto I”, in Inferno, lines 19–21:

     Allor fu la paura un poco queta, ¶ che nel lago del cor m’era durata ¶ la notte ch’i’ passai con tanta pieta.

     Then was the fear a little quieted ¶ ⁠That in my heart's lake had endured throughout ¶ ⁠The night, which I had passed so piteously.

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