unque

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Italian

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Pronunciation

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Adverb

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unque (obsolete)

  1. Alternative form of unqua
    • 1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto III”, in Purgatorio [Purgatory]‎[1], lines 103–105; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate]‎[2], 2nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:
      E un di loro incominciò: "Chiunque
      tu se’, così andando, volgi ’l viso:
      pon mente se di là mi vedesti unque".
      And one of them began: "Whoever you are, going like that, turn your eyes: think about if you ever saw me on the other side."
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