pranso

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin prānsus, perfect passive participle of prandeō (“to eat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpran.so/
• Rhymes: -anso
• Hyphenation: pràn‧so

Adjective

pranso (feminine pransa, masculine plural pransi, feminine plural pranse)

1. (literary, archaic) fed, sated

   Synonym: sazio

   • 1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XXVII”, in Purgatorio [Purgatory]‎^[1], lines 76–78; 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:

     Quali si stanno ruminando manse
     le capre, state rapide e proterve
     sovra le cime avante che sien pranse […]

     Like the meek ruminating goats, having been swift and haughty upon the mountaintops before being sated […]

Related terms

• prandiale
• prandio
• pranzare
• pranzo

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• sprona

Latin

Participle

prānsō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of prānsus