sclatta

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsklat.ta/
• Rhymes: -atta
• Hyphenation: sclàt‧ta

Noun

sclatta f (plural sclatte)

1. Obsolete form of schiatta (“lineage, ancestry; offspring, progeny”).
   • late 13^th century, Guido Guinizelli, Al cor gentil rempaira sempre amore [Love always dwells in the noble heart]‎^[1], lines 31–33; republished in Gianfranco Contini, editor, Poeti italiani del Duecento, volume 2, Milan, Naples: Riccardo Ricciardi, 1960:

     Fere lo sol lo fango tutto ’l giorno:
     vile reman, né ’l sol perde calore;
     dis’omo alter: «Gentil per sclatta torno»

     The Sun touches the mud all day long: it [the mud] remains lowly, and the Sun does not lose heat; the haughty man says: "I remain noble for lineage."