compungere
Italian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Latin compungere. By surface analysis, con- + pungere.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
compùngere (first-person singular present compùngo, first-person singular past historic compùnsi, past participle compùnto, auxiliary avére)
- (literary, transitive) to disturb, to trouble, to afflict
- mid 1300s–mid 1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto I”, in Inferno [Hell][1], lines 13–15; 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:
- to cause to feel remorse, to cause to regret
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of compùngere (root-stressed -ere; irregular) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- compùngere in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin edit
Verb edit
compungēre
Verb edit
compungere
- inflection of compungō: