esizio
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Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Semi-learned borrowing from Latin exitium (“ruin”, “destruction”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
esizio m (plural esizi) (literary, rare)
- destruction, ruin
- Synonyms: distruzione, (obsolete, literary) pernicie, rovina, sciagura, sfacelo
- 16th century, Annibale Caro, transl., Eneide [Aeneid], volume 2, Florence: Leonardo Ciardetti, translation of Aeneis by Virgil, published 1827, Libro X, page 152:
- Tempo vi si darà ben degno allora ¶ di guerreggiar (non l'affrettate or voi) ¶ che la fera Cartago aprirà l'alpi, ¶ grave a Roma portando esizio e strage.
- The right time will come to wage war (do not call for it) when fierce Carthage opens up the Alps bringing heavy destruction and bloodshed to Rome.
- slaughter, carnage
- Synonyms: carneficina, eccidio, massacro, strage
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- esizio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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