bragia

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbra.d͡ʒa/
• Rhymes: -adʒa
• Hyphenation: brà‧gia

Noun

bragia f (plural bragie or brage) (regional or archaic)

1. Alternative form of brace
   • 1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto III”, in Inferno [Hell]‎^[1], lines 109–111; 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:

     Caron dimonio, con occhi di bragia
     loro accennando, tutte le raccoglie;
     batte col remo qualunque s'adagia.

     Charon the demon, with eyes of ember, by signaling to them [the souls of the damned], gathers them all; he hits with the oar any one [of them] who rests.

   • 1790s, Giuseppe Parini, Notte [Night]; collected in Opere dell’abate Giuseppe Parini‎^[3], Venice: Giacomo Storti, 1803, page 34:

     […] All’un de’ lati
     crepitar s’odon le fiammanti brage

     On one side, you can hear the flaming embers crackle

Further reading

• bragia in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• bragia in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa

Anagrams

• airbag, garbai