menare
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Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin mināre, collateral form of minārī.
Pronunciation
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[edit]menàre (first-person singular present méno, first-person singular past historic menài, past participle menàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)
- (slang) to hit, beat
- (obsolete, literary) to take, lead (someone) (to a place)
- 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno [The Divine Comedy: Hell], 12th edition (paperback), Le Monnier, published 1994, Canto I, page 7, lines 16–18:
- guardai in alto e vidi le sue spalle ¶ vestite già de' raggi del pianeta ¶ che mena dritto altrui per ogne calle.
- Upward I looked, and I beheld its shoulders, ¶ vested already with that planet's rays ¶ which leadeth others right by every road.
- 1374, Francesco Petrarca, “I' ho pregato Amor, e nel riprego [I have prayed to Love, and I pray again]”, in Il Canzoniere[1], Florence: Andrea Bettini, published 1858, page 48, lines 5–8:
- I' nol posso negar, donna, e nol nego, ¶ che la ragion, ch'ogni buon alma affrena, ¶ non sia dal voler vinta; ond'ei mi mena ¶ talor in parte ov'io per forza il sego.
- I cannot deny, lady, and don’t deny ¶ that reason, that restrains all good souls, ¶ is overcome by passion: so he [Love] leads me ¶ at times to places where I unwillingly follow.
- 1827, Giacomo Leopardi, “Dialogo della Natura e di un'anima [Dialogue between Nature and a Soul]”, in Operette morali [Small Moral Works][2], Florence: Guglielmo Piatti, published 1834, page 65:
- l'eccellenza della quale tu m'hai dotata […] non però mena alla beatitudine, anzi tira violentemente alla infelicità.
- The excellence you endowed me with […] does not lead to bliss, but rather violently pulls towards unhappiness.
- 1840, Alessandro Manzoni, I promessi sposi[3], Tip. Guglielmini e Redaelli, Capitolo XXXII, page 607:
- gl’infelici eran tempestati di pietre, o, presi, venivan menati, a furia di popolo, in prigione.
- the unfortunates were bombarded with stones, or – when caught – dragged to prison by the mob.
- (archaic) to drive (a vehicle)
- Synonym: guidare
- L'uomo menava il carro ― The man was driving the chariot
- (literary) to move forcibly; to drag, hurtle
- Synonym: trascinare
- 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno [The Divine Comedy: Hell], 12th edition (paperback), Le Monnier, published 1994, Canto V, page 73, lines 31–33:
- La bufera infernal, che mai non resta, ¶ mena gli spirti con la sua rapina; ¶ voltando e percotendo li molesta.
- The infernal hurricane that never rests ¶ hurtles the spirits onward in its rapine; ¶ whirling them round, and smiting, it molests them.
- to bring
- 1803, Ugo Foscolo, “Alla sera [In the Evening]”, in Sonetti [Sonnets][4], collected in Opere scelte di Ugo Foscolo, vol. 2, Florence, published 1835, page 116:
- E quando dal nevoso aere inquiete ¶ tenebre, e lunghe, all’universo meni, ¶ sempre scendi invocata, e le secrete ¶ vie del mio cor soavemente tieni.
- And when, from the snowy air, you bring long, restless darkness to the universe, you always come down when summoned, and gently hold the secret ways of my heart.
- 1827, Giacomo Leopardi, “Dialogo di Torquato Tasso e del suo genio familiare”, in Operette morali [Small Moral Works][5], Florence: Guglielmo Piatti, published 1834, page 106:
- solevano orare e far orazioni a Mercurio conduttore dei sogni, acciò ne menasse loro di quei lieti
- they used to pray and give praise to Mercury, conductor of dreams, so that he'd bring them happy ones
- (obsolete) to produce, beget
- 13th century, Guido Cavalcanti, “Se non ti caggia la tua santalena”, in Rime[6], Nicola Zanichelli, published 1902, lines 5–6:
- dimmi se ’l frutto che la terra mena ¶ nasce di secco, di caldo o di molle;
- tell me whether the fruit that the earth begets ¶ is born from dryness, warmth, or dampness
- to pass, spend (time)
- Synonyms: passare, trascorrere
- 1803, Ugo Foscolo, “Meritamente [Deservedly]”, in Sonetti [Sonnets][7], collected in Opere scelte di Ugo Foscolo, vol. 2, Florence, published 1835, page 118:
- In lungo esilio fra spergiure genti ¶ dal bel paese ove or meni sì rei, ¶ me sospirando, i tuoi giorni fiorenti
- In a long exile, among faithless peoples, from the fair country where – sighing for me – you spend your thriving days, so guilty
- 1835, Giacomo Leopardi with Alessandro Donati, “A Silvia [To Silvia]”, in Canti[8], Bari: Einaudi, published 1917, page 79, lines 13–14:
- Era il maggio odoroso: e tu solevi ¶ cosí menare il giorno
- It was the odorous May, and that was how you spent the day.
- to move rapidly, shake, agitate
- 1516, Ludovico Ariosto, Orlando Furioso [Raging Roland][9], Venice: Printed by Gabriel Giolito, published 1551, Canto XVI, page 66:
- Corre il fiero, e terribil Rodomonte, ¶ e la ſanguigna ſpada a cerco mena.
- The proud and fearful Rodomont speeds, whirling his bloody brand.
- (vulgar, slang) masturbate
- Synonyms: spugnettare, spipettare, smanettare
- (by extension, rare) to use (of a tool)
- a. 1846, Giuseppe Giusti, “Lo stivale [The Boot]”, in Poesie Italiane[10], 3rd edition, published 1846, page 84:
- Da quel momento ognuno in santa pace ¶ la lesina menando e la tanaglia, ¶ cascai dalla padella nella brace
- Thenceforth, with everyone at peace, ¶ while using the bradawl and the pincers, ¶ I got out of the frying pan, into the fire
- to (forcefully) deal (of blows)
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of menàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive | menàre | |||||
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auxiliary verb | avére | gerund | menàndo | |||
present participle | menànte | past participle | menàto | |||
person | singular | plural | ||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | |
indicative | io | tu | lui/lei, esso/essa | noi | voi | loro, essi/esse |
present | méno | méni | ména | meniàmo | menàte | ménano |
imperfect | menàvo | menàvi | menàva | menavàmo | menavàte | menàvano |
past historic | menài | menàsti | menò | menàmmo | menàste | menàrono |
future | menerò | menerài | menerà | menerémo | meneréte | menerànno |
conditional | menerèi | menerésti | menerèbbe, menerébbe | menerémmo | meneréste | menerèbbero, menerébbero |
subjunctive | che io | che tu | che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa | che noi | che voi | che loro, che essi/che esse |
present | méni | méni | méni | meniàmo | meniàte | ménino |
imperfect | menàssi | menàssi | menàsse | menàssimo | menàste | menàssero |
imperative | — | tu | Lei | noi | voi | Loro |
ména | méni | meniàmo | menàte | ménino | ||
negative imperative | non menàre | non méni | non meniàmo | non menàte | non ménino |
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