drudo

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Occitan drut, from Medieval Latin drudus, itself of Germanic origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdru.do/
• Rhymes: -udo
• Hyphenation: drù‧do

Noun

drudo m (plural drudi, feminine druda)

1. (obsolete, historical, masculine only) vassal
2. (obsolete, masculine only) defender

   Synonym: difensore

   • 1316–c. 1321, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XII”, in Paradiso [Heaven]‎^[1], lines 52–56; 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:

     siede la fortunata Calaroga
     sotto la protezion del grande scudo
     in che soggiace il leone e soggioga:
     dentro vi nacque l'amoroso drudo
     de la fede cristiana, il santo atleta
     benigno a' suoi e a' nemici crudo

     Is situate the fortunate Calahorra, under protection of the mighty shield in which the Lion subject is and sovereign. Therein was born the amorous defender of Christian Faith, the athlete consecrate, kind to his own and cruel to his foes

3. (obsolete, masculine only) lover

   Synonyms: amante, amatore

   Antonym: odiatore

   • 13^th century, Guido Cavalcanti, “In un boschetto trovai pasturella”, in Rime‎^[3], Nicola Zanichelli, published 1902, lines 11–14:

     Ed ella mi rispose dolcemente
     che sola sola per lo bosco gia,
     e disse: — sacci, quando l'augel pia,
     allor disia 'l mio cor drudo avere. —

     And she replied sweetly that she was going through the woods all alone, and said: "Know that, when birds chirp, then my heart wishes to have a lover"

   • c. 1307, Dante Alighieri, “Trattato secondo [Second Treatise]”, in Convivio [The Banquet]‎^[4], Florence: Le Monnier, published 1964, section 4:

     O dolcissimi e ineffabili sembianti, e rubatori subitani de la mente umana, che ne le mostrazioni de li occhi de la Filosofia apparite, quando essa con li suoi drudi ragiona!

     O most sweet and ineffable looks, sudden captors of the human mind, who appear in the demonstrations of the eyes of Philosophy when she converses with her lovers!

4. paramour
   • 1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XVIII”, in Inferno [Hell]‎^[5], lines 133–135; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate]‎^[6], 2^nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:

     Taïde è, la puttana che rispuose
     al drudo suo quando disse ‘Ho io grazie
     grandi apo te?’: ‘Anzi maravigliose!’.

     Thais the harlot is it, who replied unto her paramour, when he said, 'Have I great gratitude from thee?'--'Nay, marvellous'

Adjective

drudo (feminine druda, masculine plural drudi, feminine plural drude) (obsolete, literary)

1. loyal, faithful

   Synonyms: fedele, leale

2. loving
3. strong, healthy, thriving

   Synonyms: florido, forte

Further reading

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