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insemprarsi

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Italian

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Etymology

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Coined by Dante Alighieri, derived from in- +‎ sempre (always) +‎ -are +‎ -si.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /in.semˈprar.si/
  • Rhymes: -arsi
  • Hyphenation: in‧sem‧pràr‧si

Verb

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insempràrsi (first-person singular present mi insèmpro, first-person singular past historic mi insemprài, past participle insempràto)

  1. (intransitive, poetic, obsolete) to be or become eternal or everlasting
    • 1316–c. 1321, Dante Alighieri, “Canto X”, in Paradiso [Heaven]‎[1], lines 145–148; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate]‎[2], 2nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:
      così vid’ ïo la gloriosa rota
      muoversi e render voce a voce in tempra
      e in dolcezza ch’esser non pò nota
      se non colà dove gioir s’insempra.
      Thus I beheld the glorious wheel
      move round, and render voice to voice, in modulation
      and sweetness that can not be comprehended,
      excepting there where joy is made eternal.

Conjugation

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Further reading

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