signoreggiare
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signoreggiàre (first-person singular present signoréggio, first-person singular past historic signoreggiài, past participle signoreggiàto, auxiliary avére) (literary)
- (transitive) to rule over or dominate
- Synonym: dominare
- 1348, Giovanni Villani, “Libro primo [First Book]”, in Nuova Cronica [New Chronicle][1], published 1991, section 2:
- Noi troviamo per le storie della Bibbia e per quelle degli Asseriani che Nembrotto il gigante fu il primo re, overo rettore e ragunatore di congregazione di genti; ch’egli per la sua forza e séguito signoreggiò tutte le schiatte de’ figliuoli di Noè
- Through the stories of the Bible, and those of the Assyrians, we find that Nimrod the giant was the first king, that is, ruler and gatherer of a congregation of people; that he, through his strength and followers, ruled over all the progenies of Noah's sons
- (intransitive) to domineer [+ su (a country, territory, etc.)]
- (transitive, figurative, uncommon) to dominate (to overlook from a height)
- (transitive, figurative, uncommon) to control (one's emotions, feelings etc.)
- Synonyms: controllare, dominare
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of signoreggiàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
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Further reading[edit]
- signoreggiare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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