inveggia

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Occitan enveja, from Latin invidia. Cognate with Sicilian mmija.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inˈved.d͡ʒa/
• Rhymes: -eddʒa
• Hyphenation: in‧vég‧gia

Noun

inveggia f (plural invegge)

1. (obsolete) envy

   Synonym: invidia

   • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Purgatorio [The Divine Comedy: Purgatory] (paperback), Bompiani, published 2001, Canto VI, pages 83–84, lines 16–21:

     Quivi pregava con le mani sporte ¶ Federigo Novello, e quel da Pisa ¶ che fé parer lo buon Marzucco forte. ¶ Vidi conte Orso e l’anima divisa ¶ dal corpo suo per astio e per inveggia, ¶ com’ e’ dicea, non per colpa commisa

     There was imploring with his hands outstretched Frederick Novello, and that one of Pisa who made the good Marzucco seem so strong. I saw Count Orso; and the soul divided by hatred and by envy from its body, as it declared, and not for crime committed

Derived terms

• inveggiare

References

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