senettute
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin senectūtem (“old age”), derived from senex (“old”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]senettute f (plural senettuti)
- (literary, obsolete) old age, senectitude
- Synonyms: anzianità, canizie, senescenza, senilità, vecchiezza
- Antonyms: gioventù, giovinezza
- c. 1307, Dante Alighieri, “Trattato quarto, Capitolo XXIII [Fourth Treatise, Chapter 23]”, in Convivio [The Banquet][1], Florence: Le Monnier, published 1964, section 13:
- La prima è Adolescenza, che s’appropria al caldo e a l’umido; la seconda si è Gioventute, che s’appropria al caldo e al secco; la terza si è Senettute, che s’appropria al freddo e al secco; la quarta si è Senio, che s’appropria al freddo e a l’umido
- The first [age] is Adolescence, akin to hot and damp [weather]; the second is Youth, akin to hot and dry; the third is Senectitude, akin to cold and dry; the fourth one is Oldness, akin to cold and damp
- 1478, Luigi Pulci, “Canto ventesimosettimo [Twenty-seventh Canto]”, in Morgante[2], Felice Le Monnier, published 1855, section 129, page 371:
- Abbi pietà della mia senettute
- Have pity for my old age
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