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disnodare

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Italian

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Etymology

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From dis- +‎ nodo (knot) +‎ -are (1st conjugation verbal suffix).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /di.znoˈda.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: di‧sno‧dà‧re

Verb

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disnodàre (first-person singular present disnòdo, first-person singular past historic disnodài, past participle disnodàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive, rare)

  1. to untie, to unknot
    Synonym: snodare
  2. (figurative, archaic) to clarify, to disclose, to unravel
    • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Purgatorio [The Divine Comedy: Purgatory] (paperback), Bompiani, published 2001, Canto XIV, page 207, lines 55–57:
      Né lascerò di dir perch' altri m'oda; ¶ e buon sarà costui, s'ancor m'ammenta ¶ di ciò che vero spirto mi disnoda.
      Nor will I cease because another hears me; and well 'twill be for him, if still he mind him of what a truthful spirit to me unravels.

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • disnodare in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

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