Semiramìs

See also: Semiramis

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /se.miˈra.mis/
• Rhymes: -amis
• Hyphenation: Se‧mi‧ra‧mìs

Proper noun

Semiramìs f

1. medieval spelling of Semiramide
   • 1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto V”, in Inferno [Hell]‎^[1], lines 58–60; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate]‎^[2], 2^nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:

     Ell’è Semiramìs, di cui si legge
     che succedette a Nino e fu sua sposa:
     tenne la terra che ’l Soldan corregge.

     She is Semiramis, of whom we read that she succeeded Ninus, and was his spouse; she held the land which now the Sultan rules.

Anagrams

• marimessi, riammessi