da sezzo

Italian

Alternative forms

• dassezzo (univerbated)
• al da sezzo, al dassezzo

Adverb

da sezzo (obsolete)

1. finally, lastly, in the end
   • 1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XXV”, in Purgatorio [Purgatory]‎^[1], lines 138–139; 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:

     con tal cura conviene e con tai pasti / che la piaga da sezzo si ricuscia.

     it is appropriate that, through such care and such food, the wound finally heals itself.

References

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