canoscenza

Italian

Etymology

Compare Sicilian canuscenza.

Noun

canoscenza f (plural canoscenze)

1. Alternative form of conoscenza (“knowledge”)
   • 1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XXVI”, in Inferno [Hell]‎^[1], lines 118–120; 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:

     Considerate la vostra semenza:
     fatti non foste a viver come bruti,
     ma per seguir virtute e canoscenza.

     Consider your seed:
     you were not made to live like brutes,
     but to follow virtue and knowledge.

References

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