scelo

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Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Learned borrowing from Latin scelus, from Proto-Indo-European *skélos, derived from the root *(s)kel- (bent, crooked). Cognate with Greek σκέλος (skélos, leg).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): */ˈʃɛ.lo/
  • Rhymes: -ɛlo
  • Hyphenation: scè‧lo

Noun[edit]

scelo m (plural sceli)

  1. (literary, obsolete, rare) misdeed, evil deed
    Synonym: misfatto

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Further reading[edit]

  • scelo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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