anelito
Appearance
Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Classical Latin anhēlitus (“panting; breath; gasp”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]anelito m (plural aneliti) (literary)
- (literally) pant, wheeze
- Synonym: affanno
- 14th century [591–593 CE], “Omelia I. nella domenica I. d'Avvento [Homily 1, on the 1st Sunday of Advent]” (chapter 1), in anonymous translator, Omelie di S. Gregorio Papa sopra gli Evangelj [Homilies of Pope St. Gregory on the Gospels][1], translation of Homīliae XL in Ēvangelia by Gregorius Anicius (in Late Latin), section V; collected in Collezione di sacri oratori latini [Collection of holy Latin preachers] (Classici sacri oratori greci, latini, italiani, e francesi; 7)[2], volume 2, Florence: Tipografia della Speranza, 1832, page 227:
- […] negli anni della vecchiezza la statura si piega ed è inclinata, il collo secco sta basso ed umile, il petto è ansio per spessi sospiri, la forza manca, l’anelito interrompe le parole quando favella
- [original: In annīs autem senīlibus statūra curvātur, cervīx exsiccāta dēpōnitur, frequentibus suspīriīs pectus urgētur, virtūs dēficit, loquentīs verba anhēlitus intercidit.]
- […] in the years of senility, the posture bends, and is curved; the thin neck stays low and humble; the chest is panting due to frequent sighs; strength lacks; wheezing interrupts words when speaking
- (literally, loosely) breath
- (figuratively) yearning, longing, purport
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- anelito in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- “anèlito”, in Grande dizionario della lingua italiana, volume 1 a–balb, UTET, 1966, page 462bc
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