trascelto

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /traʃˈʃel.to/
• Rhymes: -elto
• Hyphenation: tra‧scél‧to

Participle

trascelto (feminine trascelta, masculine plural trascelti, feminine plural trascelte)

1. past participle of trascegliere

Adjective

trascelto (feminine trascelta, masculine plural trascelti, feminine plural trascelte)

1. carefully-chosen
   • 1810 [c. 8^th century BCE], “Libro III”, in Vincenzo Monti, transl., Iliade, translation of Ῑ̓λιάς (Īliás, Iliad) by Homer (in Epic Greek), lines 323–327; republished as Iliade di Omero‎^[1], 4^th edition, Milan: Società tipografica dei classici italiani, 1825:

     Venìan recando i banditori intanto / Dalla città le sacre ostie di pace, / Due trascelti agnelletti, e della terra / Giocondo frutto generoso vino / Chiuso in otre caprigno. […]

     [original: Κήρυκες δ’ ἀνὰ ἄστυ θεῶν φέρον ὅρκια πιστά, / ἄρνε δύω καὶ οἶνον ἐΰφρονα καρπὸν ἀρούρης, / ἀσκῷ ἐν αἰγείῳ]

     Kḗrukes d’ anà ástu theôn phéron hórkia pistá, / árne dúō kaì oînon eǘphrona karpòn aroúrēs, / askôi en aigeíōi

     Meanwhile, the announcers came bringing the sacred peace offerings, two carefully-selected lambs, and wine — pleasant harvest of the earth — sealed in a goat wineskin.

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