vecchio marino

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Italian

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Etymology

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Literally, sea calf.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈvek.kjo maˈri.no/
  • Hyphenation: véc‧chio‧ma‧rì‧no

Noun

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vecchio marino m (plural vecchi marini)

  1. (obsolete) Synonym of foca (seal)
    • 1516–1532, Ludovico Ariosto, “Canto 6”, in Orlando furioso, stanza 36; republished as Santorre Debenedetti, editor, Bari: Laterza, 1928:
      Veloci vi correvano i delfini,
      vi venía a bocca aperta il grosso tonno;
      i capidogli coi vécchi marini
      vengon turbati dal lor pigro sonno
      There, the dolphins were swimming swiftly; the large tuna was coming there with its mouth open; the sperm whales, with the seals, are roused from their lazy sleep
    • 1567, Ricettario fiorentino [Florentine Cookbook]‎[1], page 3:
      altri ſono detti da Greci amphibij, [] come il caſtoro, la lontra, il vecchio marino, e il cocodrillo.
      [altri sono detti da' greci anfibî, [] come il castoro, la lontra, il vecchio marino, e il cocodrillo.]
      Others [animals] are called amphibians by the Greeks, like the beaver, the otter, the seal and the crocodile.

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